Jimmy B. Bedford

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Jimmy B. Bedford (June 10, 1927-1990) was the former head of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' journalism department. He is also the author of "Around the World on a Nickel" (1967). There is a Jimmy B. Bedford Memorial Scholarship^[1] set up in his honor.

As a professor of journalism and photography, he was supportive of native Alaska writers: he wrote the forward for the autobiography of Emily Ivanoff Brown ("Ticasuk") ^[2].

A number of Jimmy's articles may be viewed at this site hosted by the University of Missouri; http://muarchives.missouri.edu/c-rg11-s21.html