Shideler, Fred Merle.

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Shideler was born in Girard, Kansas in 1904. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kansas State College in 1927 and an MA in education from Oregon State College in 1941. In 1929, he began a career at OSU that spanned 41 years. He started as a journalism instructor and an assistant in the OSC News Bureau. Shideler was promoted to assistant professor and journalism department head in 1932; to associate professor in 1939; and to professor in 1944. From January through March 1944 he worked in the Office of War Information in Washington, DC., and from April 1944 through September 1945 he was the information assistant for the OSC Extension Service Emergency Farm Labor Service. He returned to teaching in the fall of 1945. In 1952 he became head of information services; in 1967 he was appointed director of university relations. Shideler also served as administrative assistant to Oregon governors Paul L. Patterson and Elmo Smith in 1956. Shideler retired from OSU in 1970. He died in Corvallis on May 11, 1993.

From the description of Fred M. Shideler papers, 1940-1983. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53924559

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