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John James Rowlands (19 June 1892 – 16 November 1972) was a journalist, writer, and outdoorsman noted for his works about nature and wood lore. ==Life and career== He was born in Aberdeen, North Carolina, the son of John Rowlands, and Catharine Stewart Stevenson.〔(''North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964'' ) FamilySearch. Accessed 30 March 2012.〕〔''Registres Photographiés au Greffe de Québec''. Québec Cathedrale Anglicane, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1891. AncestryLibrary.com. Accessed 12 April 2012.〕 He attended Staunton Military Academy, Fishburne Military School, and Meisterschaft College in Toronto.〔Killian, James Rhyne. (1985) ''The Education of a College President'', MIT Press, pp. 322-3.〕 His father, manager of the Tarbell Lumber Company, moved the family to Canada to supervise a lumber camp. From 1910 until 1916 Rowlands worked as a prospector and surveyor in the Cobalt and Porcupine Mining regions in Northern Ontario.〔Rowlands, John J. (February 1944) "The Indian's Message" in ''The Atlantic'', pp. 107-10.〕〔Rowlands, John J. (August 1948) "Train to Moose Factory" in ''The Atlantic'', pp. 42-7.〕 In Autumn 1911, Rowlands had finished a prospecting assignment and took a job testing the performance of a military gig through 100 miles of rough country. He hired a guide named Chief Tibeash (c. 1841 – 9 September 1917), a Cree Indian trapper. After the completion of the journey, he stayed with Tibeash for a month at his cabin near Larger Lake, and they became close friends. Over the next five years he periodically visited Tibeash, who taught Rowlands the Cree way of living in the north country. The relationship culminated with Tibeash offering to adopt Rowlands, but he had already decided to return to the states to pursue a journalism career. The news of Tibeash's death came to Rowlands in a letter from a friend in Northern Ontario.〔 In 1916 he left Canada to join the staff of the ''The Springfield Union''.〔〔Lobdell, H. E., ed. (2 December 1929) ("The Tabular View" ). ''The Technology Review''. 32:2, p. 69.〕 From there he went to the United Press in New York, eventually becoming the manager of the New England bureau in Boston.〔"Rowlands to Quit MIT Post". (1 July 1957). ''The Lowell Sun'', p. 24.〕 He gained some small notoriety as being the first person to bring the news of President Warren G. Harding's death to Vice President Calvin Coolidge in 1923.〔 In 1923 he went to the ''National Sportsman'' magazine. In 1925 Massachusetts Institute of Technology created the MIT News Service to provide "dignified publicity" about the school, naming Rowlands as its first director responsible for writing and distributing news releases.〔("MIT News Office" ). Institute Archives, MIT Libraries. Accessed 30 March 2012.〕〔Obituary. (19 November 1972) ''New York Times'', p. 80.〕 In 1955 he was made an honorary member of the Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT.〔(Honorary Members of the Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT ). MIT Alumni Association. Accessed 30 March 2012.〕 He retired in 1957 and built a house on the coast in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The life change instigated a period of reflection, resulting in a series of essays that were published in book form titled ''Spindrift'' (1960).〔Special to the ''NYTimes.'' (30 June 1957) "Two at M.I.T. Retire: Dr. Bunker and J.J. Rowlands, Press Chief, to Leave." ''New York Times'', p. 54.〕〔Borland, Hal, "Bay State Seascapes" (11 September 1960) ''New York Times'', p. B10.〕 He died in Boston.〔 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「John J. Rowlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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