Albert E. Whitehead papers, 1941-1990

Albert Edward Whitehead was born on February 28, 1907 in Manitou, Colorado. He received his undergraduate degree in speech from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in rhetoric from the University of Wisconsin in 1930. That same year, Albert Whitehead became an instructor at the University of Idaho teaching public speaking.

After his marriage to Pauline Lamar in 1936, Whitehead returned to the University of Wisconsin to obtain his Ph.D. in rhetoric, graduating in 1940. In 1941, he returned to Moscow as an assistant professor in the English Department. Whitehead was named chair of the department in 1947 and in the late 1960s, was instrumental in creating the School of Communication.

Albert Edward Whitehead retired from the University of Idaho in 1972 and received the UI Alumni Service Award in December 1990. He died in Moscow in 1991 at the age of 84. He was an active member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and a memorial service was held there on December 23, 1991.