John Clifton Snidecor was an American

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 professor and educator. He joined the faculty at Santa Barbara College of the University of California

University of California, Santa Barbara

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 (now UCSB) in 1940 and served as acting provost of from February to June of 1956.

He received his A.B. degree from University of California, Berkeley

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 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Iowa

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Dr. Snidecor was a specialist in the application of scientific methods to speech and hearing problems. He published widely in speech journals and was the editor and main author of the book, Speech Rehabilitation of the Laryngectomized. He was honored by the California Speech and Hearing Association for his research and elected Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association.