Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

42 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE Volume XII, No. 9 Audio-Visual Who's Who No. 54: David E. Strom David E. Strom, director of the Audio-Visual Aids Center at tlm University of Connecticut, was born in Hamilton, Montana, on October 13, 1910. He attended the public schools of St. Paul, Minnesota, graduating from Johnson High School in 1928. He was a student at the University of Minnesota intermittently from 1929 through 1934, majoring in Social Studies in the School of Education. In September, 1934, he became director of the Audio-Visual Aids Department of the Minneapolis Public Schools, and held this position until he resigned in December, 1941, to come to the University of Connecticut. Like many others in the held of audio-visual aids, Strom believes strongly in the contribution that hlms and radio can make to instruction. His convictions in this connection became increasingly strong during the years he was working his way through the University of Minnesota, in the commercial entertainment motion-picture field. As director of the Audio-Visual Aids Center at the University of Connecticut, Strom’s work has four major aspects : (1) The operation of an audio-visual material service to the State to help promote the development of this held. Because of its recent beginning and wartime limitations, the Center at present circulates only radio transcriptions and motion-picture hlms. (2) Operation of a campus .service facility wherein any member of the staff of the University may call on the Center David E. Strom, director of audio-visual aids at the University of Connecticut. for help in securing audio-visual aids and equipment. This also includes service to .student organizations. This phase of the Center works closely with Agriculture Extension Service, furnishing both equipment and materials, as well as making available the U.S.D.A. hlms. (3) Offering courses in the held of audio-visual aids within the School of Education. (4) Offering a consultant and advisory service to organizations and agencies in the State of Connecticut interested in the use of films and radio. It was in this latter capacity that Strom served as Chief of the Film Section of the Governor’s State War Council and became active in the Treasury War and Victory Loan film programs. Plans for future development of the University’s Audio-Visual Aids Center include the operation of a i)hotographic laboratory service and an educational ladio station, the justification for these activities being the contribution they can make to the in.structional program. * ir * No. 55: Alexander B. Lewis Alexander B. Lewis, sponsor of the notable pioneer photoplay club at Newark Central High School, and a leader among progressive English teachers, was born at Pleasantville, Pa., September 4, 1890. He was graduated from the Osceola Mills (Pa.) High School in 1907. He received his A.B. degree from Park College in 1911. He received his master’s degree at Rutgers University in 1932 and is a candidate for the doctorate in education at New York University. Following his college graduation Lewis taught in private schools and served as a Y.M. C.A. boys’ work director. During World War I, he served 18 months overseas. After the war he became director of religious education at Forest Hill Presbyterian Church in Newark. Thereafter he served for four years as personnel director for the Splitdorf Manufacturing Company, a large electrical concern in Newark. Lewis recently rounded out a quarter-century as a member of the famous English department at Central High School, of which Max J. Herzberg was head before he became principal of the Weequahic High School at Newark. Lewis’s reputation in the meantime has extended well beyond Newark. He has been in constant demand as a speaker at educational conventions. Lewis founded the New Jerseii h'n</lish Leaflet, and served as its editor for five years. He