Stace, Arthur W. (Arthur William), 1875-1950

Stace was born on April 26, 1875, the son of Francis A. and Margaret Mary (McMahon). He married Lillian M. O'Connor on June 1, 1899, with whom he had three children. Stace attended the University of Notre Dame, earning a B.L. He worked as the managing editor of the Grand Rapids Press and the Director of the Utilites Information Bureau of Mich. These articles are some of those he wrote on Mich.'s resources, idle lands, etc., that helped lead to the development of Mich.'s tourism business and the planned development of state forests, parks, game refuges, etc. His articles also helped popularize reforestation and land utilization. Stace's articles on tuberculosis led to the establishment of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Howell and another, local, sanitarium in Grand Rapids. His articles on playgrounds led to the creation of one in Grand Rapids. In the 1930s, he worked as the editor of the Ann Arbor Daily News, Director of the Ann Arbor Bureau of Booth Newspapers, Inc., and as a special writer for Booth Newspapers, Inc. Stace lived in Ann Arbor (Mich.) in 1936. He was a member of a number of professional and academic organizations. (Information from Who's who in Mich., 1936.) A copy of a book Stace wrote about Mich.'s forests in 1941, is housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

From the description of Michigan tourism scrapbook, 1936-1940. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 50988901

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