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David Snell (March 28, 1921–July 1987) was a reporter and cartoonist for ''Life Magazine,'' a major 20th-century magazine, and several other publications during his career as a journalist. ==Early years, family, education== David Snell (no middle name) was born in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, to John Barnard Snell (1884–1959) and the former Ada Jack Carver (1890–1972). J.B. Snell was the principal of Minden High School from 1913–1917, when he left to join the United States Army during World War I. On his return to Minden, the senior Snell operated his own cotton gin.〔Obituary of John Barnard Snell, ''Minden Herald'', March 23, 1959〕 In 1936, he headed the Boy Scouts of America fund drive for Bienville, Claiborne and Webster parishes.〔"J. B. Snell will head Scout Fund drive in North Louisiana", ''Minden Herald,'' October 2, 1936, p. 1〕 J. B. Snell was for more than twenty years a member of the Webster Parish School Board and in 1948 the vice president of the Louisiana School Boards Association.〔"J. B. Snell Elected Officer in La. School Boards Association", ''Minden Herald'', March 12, 1948, p. 1〕 A decade later in 1958, Snell was named president of the Minden Building and Loan Association.〔"J.B. Snell President of Minden Building and Loan", ''Minden Herald'', July 17, 1958, p. 1〕 Ada Carver was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to Marshall H. Carver and the former Ada W. Jack. She graduated from Judson College in Marion, Alabama, and became an author, writing short stories, most with a Louisiana setting, particularly the Cane River country of Natchitoches Parish. Her writings include "The Joyous Coast" (1917), "The Cajun" (1926), "Bagatelle" (1927), and "The Clock Strikes Tomorrow" (1935). Ada was an occasional guest at Cammie G. Henry’s Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish, where she met the Louisiana author Lyle Saxon. John and Ada married in Shreveport, Louisiana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Findagrave.com: Ada Jack Carver Snell )〕 Their first child, John Hampton Snell, died in a household accident shortly before what would have been his second birthday in 1921, only two days before David’s birth.〔Cemetery records, Minden Cemetery, Minden, Louisiana〕 In 1939, Snell graduated from Minden High School. He planned to study medicine at Louisiana State University, where he procured a commission in the United States Army Medical Corps Reserves.〔’’Webster Review’’, August 25, 1942, p. 1〕 He was a member of Phi Chi and the Sigma Nu fraternity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Snell (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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