Alfred C. Snider

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = Alfred Charles Snider III | birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|10|28}} | birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|12|11|1950|10|28}} | death_place = Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |education = [[Brown University]] (Bachelor's)<br>[[Emerson College]] (Master's)<br>[[University of Kansas]] (Ph.D.) }} Dr. '''Alfred Charles "Tuna" Snider III''' (October 28, 1950 – December 11, 2015) was the Edwin W. Lawrence Professor of Forensics<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/professor-tuna-snider-debate-mentor-generations-passes-away|title=Professor Tuna Snider, Debate Mentor to Generations, Passes Away|work=UVM Today|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> at the [[University of Vermont]] from 1982 until his death in late 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/12/alfred-tuna-snider-legendary-academic-debate-coach-dies.html|title=If You Loved High School Debate, Pour One Out for "Tuna" Snider|work=Slate|date=December 14, 2015|author=Laura Moser}}</ref>

A native of the [[greater Los Angeles area]] in [[southern California]], he graduated from [[West Covina High School]] and moved to [[New England]] after his graduation from high school to obtain a bachelor's degree from [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], where he majored in Asian civilizations with a minor in speech communication. He later received a master's degree from [[Emerson College]] and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Kansas]], specializing in rhetoric and speech communication.

While a professor at the University of Vermont (UVM), he coached the Lawrence Debate Union and taught [[rhetoric]], [[argument]], and [[persuasion]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/education/alfred-c-snider-prominent-teacher-of-debating-is-dead-at-65.html|title=Alfred C. Snider, Who Promoted Healthy Debate as Just That, Dies at 65|work=The New York Times|date=December 16, 2015|author=Margalit Fox}}</ref>

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