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Regis Louise Boyle

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.

Regis Louise Boyle
BornApril 11, 1912
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedSeptember 24, 2007 (age 95)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationEducator

Early life and education

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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

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Teaching

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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

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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

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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

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  • "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

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Miss Regis Boyle". Evening star. 1939-02-09. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Charles Weems Boyle, Attorney, Dies at 65". Evening star. 1942-05-05. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "83 Trinity College Girls Get Degrees". Evening star. 1933-06-07. p. 21. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "520 Students Given Degrees at Catholic U." The Washington Herald. 1934-06-14. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Boyle, Regis Louise. "Poetic license of vocabulary and syntax in Walt Whitmans's Leaves of Grass." MA thesis, Catholic University of America, 1934.
  7. ^ a b c d Bernstein, Adam. "Regis Louise Boyle, 95; Advised Students in Journalism Projects" Washington Post (September 25, 2007).
  8. ^ Anderson, Angeline (May 1948). "Our Junior High Yearbook is a Yearling". The School Press Review. 24: 7–8 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ "Workshop Will Hear 4 Experts". The Daily Advance. 1961-03-10. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Beyer, Shula (December 5, 1979). "Whitman Newspaper, Nation's Top High School Publication". The Washington Post.
  11. ^ Shane, Peggy (1947-07-20). "Boyle Directs Class at C.U." Times Herald. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Students Learn Techniques at C.U. Journalism Institute". The Bristol Daily Courier. 1965-06-11. p. 36. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Teenaged Journalists". The Monitor. August 1, 1958. p. 6 – via ATLA.
  14. ^ "Students Produce Newspaper by Using 'Pioneer' Methods". The Advisers Bulletin. 9 (2): 1–3. October 1952 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "UM-J School to offer course for teachers of journalism". The News. 1975-08-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Journalism authority to speak". The Oshkosh Northwestern. 1974-07-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Dr. Regis L. Boyle Honored". Evening star. 1944-06-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Scribes Herald Press Meeting". The Greyhound. February 16, 1945. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ a b "Trinity Alumnae Elect Dr. Boyle". Evening star. 1955-05-31. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Maryland Scholastic Press Publishes Tourney Awards". The School Press Review. 23 (6): 5. January 1948 – via Internet Archive.
  21. ^ "Catholic Alumnae Appoint Officers". Evening star. 1943-09-03. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awardees". Catholic University Advancement. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  23. ^ "NSPA Pioneer Award Winners". National Scholastic Press Association. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  24. ^ "Boyle remembered by student donation". The Tower. January 29, 1988. p. 2.
  25. ^ Boyle, Regis Louise (1941). "Bibliography of Teacher Education: English, 1930-40". The Elementary English Review. 18 (7): 263–278. ISSN 0888-1030.
  26. ^ Boyle, Regis Louise (1947). "Devising a Journalism Curriculum". The English Journal. 36 (4): 188–191. doi:10.2307/808126. ISSN 0013-8274.
  27. ^ Boyle, Regis L. (March 1951). "Equipment Helpful, Cost Negligible". The Advisers Bulletin. 7 (4): 5–6 – via Internet Archive.
  28. ^ 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.
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