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History of Communication Science and Disorders at MU
The roots of CSD at MU can be traced back to the late 1800’s when the first speech classes were offered by Professor of Elocution, John R. Scott. After Professor Scott retired the elocution courses became part of the speech section in the English Department. The MU Speech and Hearing Clinic, established in 1938 by Loren Reid, consisted of two rooms, a Presto wax disc recorder, and a microphone. In 1938, this was “state of the art.” In 1940, the speech section in the Department of English became the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art. In 1980, the speech pathology and audiology program, including the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic, moved to the School of Health Related Professions (now School of Health Professions) in Lewis Hall.
The first speech-language pathology master’s degree was conferred in 1947 and the first doctoral degree in 1952. The master’s program has been continually accredited in speech-language pathology by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) since 1965. The program at MU offered one of the first doctoral programs in communication disorders and continues to offer the only PhD program in Missouri in speech-language pathology.
Page last updated on: August 27, 2009
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