Joseph & Leola McDonald Journalism Scholarship

Joseph F. McDonald moved to Nevada in 1906 and had an unusually rich and varied life, stretching over almost 70 years. Joseph and Leola met at the University, where he studied journalism and she studied to be a teacher. Joseph s chief calling, and main contribution to Reno s history, was in the field of journalism. He began delivering newspapers at the age of twelve. In 1915, McDonald began work at the Nevada State Journal, being employed by that newspaper and by the Reno Evening Gazette for the next 42 years, and filling all slots, including publisher. This endowed fund was established in 1977 by Mr. Robert McDonald in memory of his parents to support Nevada residents in the Reynolds School of Journalism.