Vernon McKenzie

Vernon McKenzie (born September 11, 1887 in New York City , † November 1963 in Seattle ) was a Canadian journalist and university professor.

Life and activity

McKenzie was the son of Toronto orthopedic surgeon Bartholomew McKenzie and his wife Hattie.

After attending school, McKenzie studied at the University of Toronto , where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1909. He then moved to Harvard University, where he earned a master's degree in 1914. He was also a member of the student associations Sigma Delta Chi and Alpha Delta Sigma .

From 1915 to 1919 McKenzie took part in the First World War with the infantry and air force. During the war he married Edna Isobel Chapman from London on November 5, 1915 in Ontario.

Since 1904 McKenzie was a contributor to daily and weekly newspapers. From October 1920 to March 1926 McKenzie was an editor at MacLean's Magazine in Toronto. He was then from 1926 to 1928 editorial representative for the International Magazine Co. in Europe.

From 1928 to 1943 McKenzie served as the director of the School of Journalism at the University of Washington in Seattle . He later received a professorship at this institution, which he also temporarily headed as dean. In addition, he continued to work periodically as a foreign correspondent for various American newspapers from Europe.

literature

• Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States , Vols. 3-4, 1931, p. 365.
• Who was who in America , 1968, p. 641.

Fonts

• Through Turbulent Years , 1938.
• Here read Goebbels! , 1940.