Blackwell, Samuel, 1917-2005

Samuel E. Blackwell was born in 1917 in Amarillo, Texas. He received a B.S. in Business Administration, 1939, from Abilene Christian College and an M.S. in Public Relations and Advertising from the School of Journalism at Syracuse University in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army, 1942-1946. Sam Blackwell died in 2005.

He taught at Lane Community College from 1968 to 2000. He taught communication skills in the English/Language Arts Department from 1968-1986 and co-authored a textbook for the course. He taught photography in the Mass Communications Department from 1968-1971 and in Adult Education (Continuing Education) from 1972-2000.

He traveled extensively. As an instructor for TraveLearn, a travel/study program of Continuing Education, he taught photography and led tours to Alaska, Egypt, and the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.

Blackwell had a professional photography career in the aerospace, commercial, industrial, advertising, illustrative, and public relations fields. He has won numerous professional awards for journalism, photography, teaching, and volunteerism.

Sam Blackwell died in 2005.