Regis Louise Boyle
Regis Louise Boyle | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1912 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | September 24, 2007 (age 95) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Educator |
Regis Louise Boyle (April 11, 1912 – September 24, 2007) was an American educator, best known for teaching journalism classes and advising student publications at the secondary level.
Early life and education
[edit]Boyle was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Charles Weems Boyle and Elma E. Payne Boyle.[1] Her father was a lawyer who worked for the USDA.[2][3] She graduated from Trinity College in 1933.[4] She earned a master's degree[5] and completed doctoral studies in literature at Catholic University of America. Her 1934 master's thesis was about Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass,[6] and her dissertation was about the novels of E. D. E. N. Southworth.[7]
Career
[edit]Teaching
[edit]Although she never had a paid job as a reporter or newspaper editor, Boyle taught journalism classes for many years, and advised student publications at high schools and colleges, including at Eastern High School from 1942 to 1955,[8][9] Woodrow Wilson High School, and Walt Whitman High School.[10] Starting in 1947,[11][12] she was founder and director of an annual summer Journalism Institute for high schoolers, held at Catholic University.[13][14] She also taught journalism and yearbook courses at the University of Maryland.[7][15] In 1974, she was described as "one of the country's leading authorities on high school journalism."[16]
Leadership
[edit]In 1944, Boyle was elected president of the Quill and Scroll, an international honor society for school journalists.[17][18] She was president of the Educational Association of Washington,[19] served on the executive board of the Maryland Scholastic Press Association,[20] and was vice-president of the National Association of Journalism Directors. She was elected national president of the Trinity College Alumnae Association in 1955.[19] Boyle was also active in Catholic charities, as president of the National Christ Child Society, and as a dame of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[7] Boyle was an officer in the District of Columbia chapter of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae.[21]
Honors
[edit]In 1964, Boyle was recognized as an outstanding alumna of Catholic University.[22] In 1970, she was one of the first recipients of the NSPA Pioneer Award, given by the National Scholastic Press Association to journalism educators.[23] In 1988, a former student made a $10,000 donation to the University of Maryland's journalism program, in her honor.[24]
Publications
[edit]- "Bibliography of Teacher Education: English, 1930-40" (1941)[25]
- "Devising a Journalism Curriculum" (1947)[26]
- "Equipment Helpful, Cost Negligible" (1951)[27]
- "Student Publications" (1952)[28]
Personal life
[edit]Boyle had a longtime partner, Joseph Roney, who died in 1974. His three children were described as her survivors when she died in 2007, at the age of 95, in Bethesda, Maryland.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mrs. C. W. Boyle, 74, Widow of Top Solicitor on Agricultural Staff". Evening star. 1952-07-08. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Regis Boyle". Evening star. 1939-02-09. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Charles Weems Boyle, Attorney, Dies at 65". Evening star. 1942-05-05. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "83 Trinity College Girls Get Degrees". Evening star. 1933-06-07. p. 21. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "520 Students Given Degrees at Catholic U." The Washington Herald. 1934-06-14. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Boyle, Regis Louise. "Poetic license of vocabulary and syntax in Walt Whitmans's Leaves of Grass." MA thesis, Catholic University of America, 1934.
- ^ a b c d Bernstein, Adam. "Regis Louise Boyle, 95; Advised Students in Journalism Projects" Washington Post (September 25, 2007).
- ^ Anderson, Angeline (May 1948). "Our Junior High Yearbook is a Yearling". The School Press Review. 24: 7–8 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Workshop Will Hear 4 Experts". The Daily Advance. 1961-03-10. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Beyer, Shula (December 5, 1979). "Whitman Newspaper, Nation's Top High School Publication". The Washington Post.
- ^ Shane, Peggy (1947-07-20). "Boyle Directs Class at C.U." Times Herald. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Students Learn Techniques at C.U. Journalism Institute". The Bristol Daily Courier. 1965-06-11. p. 36. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Teenaged Journalists". The Monitor. August 1, 1958. p. 6 – via ATLA.
- ^ "Students Produce Newspaper by Using 'Pioneer' Methods". The Advisers Bulletin. 9 (2): 1–3. October 1952 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "UM-J School to offer course for teachers of journalism". The News. 1975-08-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Journalism authority to speak". The Oshkosh Northwestern. 1974-07-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Regis L. Boyle Honored". Evening star. 1944-06-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Scribes Herald Press Meeting". The Greyhound. February 16, 1945. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Trinity Alumnae Elect Dr. Boyle". Evening star. 1955-05-31. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maryland Scholastic Press Publishes Tourney Awards". The School Press Review. 23 (6): 5. January 1948 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Catholic Alumnae Appoint Officers". Evening star. 1943-09-03. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awardees". Catholic University Advancement. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "NSPA Pioneer Award Winners". National Scholastic Press Association. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "Boyle remembered by student donation". The Tower. January 29, 1988. p. 2.
- ^ Boyle, Regis Louise (1941). "Bibliography of Teacher Education: English, 1930-40". The Elementary English Review. 18 (7): 263–278. ISSN 0888-1030.
- ^ Boyle, Regis Louise (1947). "Devising a Journalism Curriculum". The English Journal. 36 (4): 188–191. doi:10.2307/808126. ISSN 0013-8274.
- ^ Boyle, Regis L. (March 1951). "Equipment Helpful, Cost Negligible". The Advisers Bulletin. 7 (4): 5–6 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Boyle, Regis Louise (February 1952). "Student Publications". The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. 36 (184): 57–73. doi:10.1177/019263655203618408. ISSN 2471-3317.