RYAN, Halford 1943-

(Halford Ross Ryan)

PERSONAL: Born December 29, 1943, in Anderson, IN; married, 1970; wife's name Cheryl L.; children: Shawn E. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Wabash College, A.B., 1966; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1972.

ADDRESSES: Home—16 Grey Dove Rd., Lexington, VA 24450. Office—Robinson Hall, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450.

CAREER: Writer. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, began as instructor, became professor, 1970–.

WRITINGS:

American Rhetoric from Roosevelt to Reagan, Waveland Press (Prospect Heights, IL), 1983, 3rd edition published as Contemporary American Public Discourse, 1991.

Persuasive Advocacy: Cases for Argumentation and Debate, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 1985.

(Editor, with Bernard K. Duffy) American Orators before 1900: Critical Studies and Sources, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1987.

(Editor, with Bernard K. Duffy) American Orators of the Twentieth Century: Critical Studies and Sources, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1987.

Oratorical Encounters: Selected Studies and Sources on Twentieth-Century Political Accusations and Apologies, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1988.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rhetorical Presidency, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1988.

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Persuasive Preacher, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1989.

Henry Ward Beecher: Peripatetic Preacher, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1990.

Classical Communication for the Contemporary Communicator, Mayfield Publishing (Palo Alto, CA), 1991.

Harry S Truman: Presidential Rhetoric, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1992.

The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents, Praeger (Westport, CT), 1993.

U.S. Presidents as Orators, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1995.

Contributor to periodicals, including Argumentation and Advocacy, Speaker and Gavel, Virginia Journal of Communication, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Presidential Studies Quarterly.