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Last Staff
Position (now retired):
Assistant
Vice President for Research Communications, University
Relations, The Ohio State University, October 2005 – 2012. |
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Previous
Professional Experience:
Director,
Research Communications
(was Associate Executive Director, Office of
University Communications) University Relations, Ohio State University.
December 1990 to 2005. Responsible for primary university
periodicals and national news services, research coverage as
outlined below. Has functioned as senior public relations staffer
for the university in the absence of the Executive Director of
University Communications. Provides public relations counsel
to university leadership in general areas of research, including
research risks (i.e., lab animal usage, human subjects, radiation
safety, biosafety, infection control, researcher conflicts-of-interest,
fraud and misconduct in science, and computer security).
Director
of Science Communications and Periodicals, Office
of University Communications, Ohio State University. January,
1987 to December, 1990. Responsible for periodicals produced
by the Office of University Communications at Ohio State. Included
OSU Quest, a quarterly tabloid magapaper with a circulation
of 130,000; OSU onCampus, the faculty-staff newspaper,
published 22 times annually to a circulation of about 16,000;
and Frontiers,
the 70,000-circulation magazine covering cancer programs at Ohio
State. Responsible for promoting university research throughout
the university to both the public directly and through the news
media. Serves as public relations/communications advisor/officer
for major research programs on campus. Retained duties as Executive
Editor of OSU Quest and University Research Editor.
Director
of Periodicals,
Office of University Communications, Ohio State University, July,
1984 to December, 1986. Responsible for periodicals produced
by the Office of University Communications at Ohio State. That
included OSU Quest, a quarterly tabloid magapaper with
a circulation of 300,000; OSU onCampus, the faculty-staff
newspaper, published 30 times annually to a circulation of about
16,000; and The Ohio State University Mirror, a quarterly
tabloid newspaper intended for parents of OSU students, circulation
is 40,000. Retained duties as Editor of OSU Quest, University
Research Editor and Asst. Director, Office of Communications
Services, as outlined below.
Assistant
Director,
Office of Communications Services, Office of University Communications
and Development, Ohio State University, May 1979 to June, 1984.
Responsible for all editorial newsfeatures produced by staff;
production of two national news services; acts in the absence
of the director; and editor of university periodical OSU
Quest. Also functioned as senior science/medical writer
for university. Continued to perform duties outlined in position
below.
University
Research Editor,
Office of Public Affairs, and Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate
School, Ohio State University, June 1978 to May 1979. Responsible
for design and implementation of research information program
aimed at explaining faculty research efforts to general public.
Coverage includes entire university and national news media.
Assistant
Editor for Engineering,
Department of University Relations, Auburn University, Auburn,
Alabama. March 1974 to June 1978. Responsible for all publications
and public information relating to the School of Engineering
at Auburn University.
Police
Reporter, General Assignment Reporter, The
Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama.
November 1967 to May 1972. Developed stories independently and
on assignment. Responsible for spot news coverage for central
Alabama.
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Education:
Bachelor
of Arts degree, Auburn University,
1974
Majors: Journalism, Mass Communication |
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Military
Service:
Company
G, later Detachment A, 20th
Special Forces Group Airborne, 1st
Special Forces, 1969-75.
Re-assigned in 1974 to 117th Public Affairs Detachment, Alabama
National Guard.
Rank at discharge -- E-5. |
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Teaching
Experience:
Have taught COMM 640N "Science Communications,"
a 5-hour graduate course in Ohio State University's School of
Communications.
Taught
graduate level course, J609 "Mass Media Science Reporting"
for Ohio State University School of Journalism. Did so from 1982
to 2000. Maintained appointment as adjunct instructor within
the School. Served on the following Graduate Committees:
Master's
degree candidates:
- Pamela
Eileen Parmley, 1987. Thesis, "I don't feel so well.
I think it was something I read: A study of the persuasiveness
of internalized messages in articles about serious disease."
- Cheryl
Ann Thompson, 1990. Thesis, "Science news releases and
news coverage: Journalists' opinions and newspaper usage."
- Karl
Rubin, 1992. Thesis, "The work patterns, attitudes and
demographics of U.S. medical journalists."
- Scott
Turner, Master's program (no thesis). (August 1993.) (Study involved
ethics of environmental journalism.)
- Candace
Polluck, 1998, Masters program
- Kate Mollohan, Master’s Program, science communications, Antioch McGregor, 2009.
Doctoral
degree candidates:
- Nicholas
Carter, 1992. Dissertation, (working title) "Building
the Green Cathedral." Carter was a student in the university's
"one-of-a-kind" program wherein he designed his own
study and research program. His efforts--to produce an hour-long
television documentary on the Amazonian rain forest--were under
the Departments of Zoology, Communication, Art Education and
Photography & Cinema
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Committee Appointments:
- Served on campus Chemical Security Committee charged with maintaining the security of federally designated chemicals used on the university campus; role is chief spokesperson on this issue.
- Served
on permanent lab animal usage crisis committee
charged with dealing with issues surrounding the use of laboratory
animals in research. Served on committee from its inception 20
years ago.
- Served
on President's AAAS Fellows Committee, coordinating
more than 150 faculty/staff who have been named Fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Served
on Search Committee for Vice President for Research.
2004.
- Served
on Ad Hoc Committee on Xenotransplantation.
Committee formed by Vice President for Research and charged with
recommending university policy governing future Ohio State research
involving xenotransplantation. Appointed Spring, 1999.
- Served
on OSU Year 2000 Task Force. Task force formed
by the Executive Vice President and Provost and charged with
establishing materials and guidelines for insuring Y2K compliance,
working with computer network support people campus-wide, and
preparing contingency plans. Appointed Summer, 1998
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National
Science Foundation Peer Review Activity:
Served
as reviewer for $2+ million proposal to NSFs Informal Science
Education program to create television/video news service to
provide science news content to local television news stations
and to Hispanic stations. Winter, 1999. |
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National
Institutes of Health Site Review Activity:
Served
as reviewer for NIH Site Review for Center on Specific Language
Impairment grant application proposed by the University of Kansas.
Spring, 1991. |
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Science
Education Activities:
Served
as co-chair of the Public Awareness Subcommittee for "Prologue
to Action: Life Sciences Education and Science Literacy,"
a national conference sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service
in June, 1991. The goal of the conference was to provide guidance
and suggestions as to what role the PHS should play in becoming
a leader in public science education and literacy for the next
decade. My subcommittee produced recommendations for PHS pertaining
to the public information/science communications roles and responsibilities
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Professional
Affiliations:
National
Association of Science Writers
Elected member of Board of Directors three terms, between 2001
and 1985.
Member since 1978
Society
of Environmental Journalists
Elected member of Board of Directors, 2000 (resigned 2001)
Member since 1991
American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
Elected AAAS Fellow, February, 1993
Member-at-large, Section Y (General Interest in Science and Engineering)
1986-91
Member, Nominating Committee, Section Y (General Interest in
Science and Engineering) 1990-93
EurekAlert, online
news service sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement
of Science. Served on national advisory committee.
Council
for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Institutional representative since 1980.
University
Research Magazine Association. Was founding
member.
National
Science Foundation Public
Affairs Advisory Committee, one of six institutional representatives
advising NSF Public Affairs
Americans
for Medical Progress Selected
to Board of Directors, 2006.
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Other
Professional Activities:
- Presented "Your Personal 3 AM Phone Call -- Crisis Communications: What To Do When All Hell Breaks Loose," at the NASW regional workshop, "Sharing Science: Writing and Communications Skills for the 21st Century," at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 26-27, 2014.
- Conducted day-long workshop, "A Holistic Approach to Preparing Your Institition for Activist Campaigns," sponsored by the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research, Research Triangle, NC, May 1, 2013.
- Invited fellowship, "UC-HiPACC 2012 Science/Engineering Journalism Boot Camp: Computational Astronomy -- From Planets To Cosmos," University of California, Santa Cruz, June 24-27, 2012.
- Invited attendee "Science Writing In The Age of Denial" conference, University of Wisconsin-Madiison, April 22-24,2012.
- Presented “Surveying Alumni and Current Alumni Survey Research” at the Annual Alumni Leaders Conference for the Ohio State University Alumni Association, September 23, 2011.
- Invited speaker, 2011 Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education (CRPGE) Summer Forum, Charleston, SC; “Who You're Talking To Is As Important As What You're Saying” June 26, 2011.
- Invited speaker, Animal Tribute Day for University Laboratory Animal Resources at Ohio State University, "Animal Research: A Quest for Understanding," May 25, 2011.
- Invited panel participant in forum on "Literacy in Science," at the Humanities Institute at Ohio State University, February, 2011.
- Wrote "Animal Research: Activists' Wishful Thinking, Primitive Reasoning," for the Chronicle Review in the Chronicle of Higher Education, November, 2010.
- Invited panel participant, "How to be an effective science public information officer in the changing media world," at ScienceWriters 2010, the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers, November, 2010.
- Co-wrote with Rick Borchelt and Lynne Friedman book chapter, “Managing The Trust Portfolio: Science Public Relations and Social Responsibility” for Science and the Media, published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, August, 2010.
- Gave day-long workshop on dealing with the news media in crisis situations to the Board of Directors of the American Association for Lab Animal Science (AALAS), August 12, 2010, in Memphis, TN.
- Invited speaker, OSU Research Expo/Research Awareness Month, “If a Tree Falls in the Forest…The Conundrum of Science Communications,” November 3, 2009.
- Invited panel participant, "Alternative Careers in Neuroscience" at the Midwest/Great Lakes Undergraduate Research Symposium in Neuroscience. Ohio Wesleyan University, September 26th, 2009
- Wrote " Research, Not Relations…Why scientists should leave communications to the pros," for The Observatory for the Columbia Journalism Review online, September 9, 2009. [http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/research_not_relations.php?page=all]
- Wrote “To Report or Repeat? Finding that press releases hype research does not diminish journalists' responsibility,” for The Observatory for the Columbia Journalism Review online, May 12, 2009. [http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/to_report_or_repeat.php?page=all]
- Wrote "Facebook and Procrastination: Runaway coverage mistakes correlation for causation," for The Observatory for the Columbia Journalism Review online, May 08, 2009 [http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/facebook_and_procrastination.php?page=all].
- Presented "Science Communications -- Who does it, Why, and How," to the Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program
at Ohio State University
- Wrote "Press Release by Science Reporting," 11/19/08, for The Observatory for the Columbia Journalism Review online [http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/press_release_by_science_repor.php?page=all].
- Presented "Why Good Reporters and Institutions Get it Wrong" at the annual National Association of Science Writers' workshops, 10/25/08, at Palo Alto, CA.
- Invited talk as part of the Graduate Student and Post-doc Training Seminar at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 10/17/08, on "The Public's Schizophrenic View of Medicine and Disease, and What You Can Do About It."
- Wrote "The True Challenge For Science Journalists," 8/4/08, for The Observatory for the Columbia Journalism Review online [http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/the_true_challenge_for_science.php].
- Taught COMM 640, “Science Communications” graduate
course, Spring Quarter 2007, School of Communications , Ohio
State University.
- Judged annual (2007) Michael E. Debakey Journalism Awards,
sponsored by the Foundation for Biomedical Research.
- Invited
participant on panel, "Preparing the Scientific Enterprise
for a Pandemic," 2/17/07 at the annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco.
- Wrote
chapter, "Working with Science Information Specialists,"
for book, "Handbook on Communicating and Disseminating
Behavioral Science," SAGE Publications, currently in
press.
- Presented
"A Brief History of the World . . . of Science Writing,"
at Proctor & Gamble communications meeting, September 11,
2006, Cincinnati, OH
- Presented
"Where have we failed, What must we do," at
the annual meeting of the University Research Magazine Association
in Tallahassee , FL , 5/17/06.
- Invited
participant to special invited seminar, “Science Communication
and the News Media,” sponsored by the National Science
Foundation and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental
Reporting. Ten scientists and ten journalists discussed communications
challenges surrounding the issue of global climate change. Meeting
held at University of California, Berkeley, November, 2005.
- Wrote
chapter on science writing at universities for “A Field Guide For Science Writers,”
2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2005. Book is the handbook
for science writing produced by the National Association of Science
Writers.
- Invited
panelist, “Animal Research: In the Courts of Law and
Public Opinion,” National Association for Biomedical
Research conference, May 17, 2005, Washington, DC . Presented
“When the hounds are at your door . . .”
- Invited
participant, National Science Foundation Workshop for Public
Information Officers, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro,
NM, October 2004.
- Invited
panelist, “How Will It Play In The New York Times?”
at the annual conference of National Council of University Research
Administrators, summer 2004. Presented, “ When the hounds
are at your door . . . ”
- Invited
panelist, American Association for the Advancement of Science
session, "HYPE! The Greatest Symposium Ever!! Communicating
Science in a Pressure Cooker," Denver, February 15,
2003.
- Invited
speaker, National Association of Science Writers workshop on
"Intersection of Marketing, PR, and Science Writing:
Selling or Telling?" at annual meeting, Denver, CO,
February 13, 2003.
- Invited
speaker, National Science Foundation workshop for public information
officers from 30 research universities, NSF Headquarters, Washington,
D.C. January, 2002.
- Invited
speaker, annual meeting of the University Research Magazine Association,
Athens, OH, October, 2001.
- Co-chair
of national conference Research Roadmap for Communication
of Science and Technology for the 21st Century set for March,
2002 in Gaithersberg, MD. Project formerly sponsored by NASAs
Marshall Space Flight Center, later supported by U.S. Department
of Energy. (Co-chair with counterpart from Johns Hopkins.)
- Co-chair
of national conference, Communicating University Research
sponsored by CASE April, 2001. Gave keynote address and additional
session. Georgetown University.
- Workshop,
National Association of Science Writers, February, 2001. "The
Incredible Vanishing Science Writer: How Corporate Management
is Changing Science News" dealing with effects integrated
marketing and branding are having on university science communications.
Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Berkeley, CA.
- Workshop,
National Association of Science Writers, February, 2001. "Maximizing
News Release Effectiveness." Annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Berkeley,
CA.
- Invited
speaker, The Whitaker Foundations Biomedical Engineering Conference,
August, 1999. Meeting hosted 300+ young biomedical engineers.
On panel with reporter from NPR and USA Today.
- National
Association of Science Writers, Annual Meeting Workshops, Philadelphia
, PA. February 13, 1998. "University/corporate relations
. . . who pays the piper? Who calls the tune?"
- National
Association of Science Writers, Annual Meeting Workshops, Seattle,
WA, February 14, 1997. "When worlds collide" or
"Whose press release is this, anyhow?"
- Invited
by National Science Foundation to spend a month in Antarctica
in December 1995/January 1996 to report on university research
from McMurdo Station, Shackleton Glacier base camp, Dry Valleys
and South Pole. One of only two university science writers ever
to participate in NSFs Polar Programs media tour.
- Administered
Internet-based listserve supporting the officers and board of
directors of the National Association of Science Writers. Produces
web version of NASW quarterly journal, ScienceWriters..
- Writes
regular weekly column, GeoFacts, (now GeoWeek)
distributed by the New
York Times Syndicate. Column used
by 40 domestic and 20 international newspapers and focuses on
science and geography topics. Currently in fifth year of project
with more than 200 columns produced.
- Wrote
a regular science/medicine column for Sunday edition of the Columbus Dispatch
carried weekly in the paper's "Discovery", now "Insight,"
section for more than 14 years (more than 500 columns).
- Served
on planning committee and as faculty for four CASE/NSF sponsored
conferences on "Communicating University Research";
October 1980 and March 1982. Served as co-chair for similar conference
in October, 1983. Member of conference faculty in April, 1987.
Served on planning committee for same meeting in 1995.
- Invited
speaker, seminars on Reporting Science from the University,
sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Public Information
Branch, 1979 and 1980.
- Invited
speaker, "The role of the PIO in reporting science research,"
at the 1983, CASE Annual Assembly, San Diego.
- Invited
speaker, special CASE symposium on "Improving your news
and information operation" in March, 1983, Nashville.
- Invited
speaker, CASE Districts III and IV annual meetings, "Bob
and Earle look at science in ways you probably never thought
of: Science and research writing," February, 1983,
New Orleans.
- Invited
speaker, American Physical Society-American Association of Physics
Teachers annual meeting, "Taking physics public: The
Public Information Office," January, 1985, Toronto.
- Invited
speaker, CASE District V annual meeting, "What's New
In Science," December, 1991, Chicago.
- Headed
consulting team to assess research communications efforts at
the University of Georgia and offer proposals for upgrading efforts,
November, 1982.
- Served
as speaker on panel, "Covering the Science/Medical Research
Story", 1980 CASE Annual Assembly.
- Faculty,
University of Georgia/National Science Foundation sponsored Southern
Regional Workshop for University Science Writers, 1979.
- Coordinator,
special session on "Communicating Science to the Public"
during the District V CASE Conference, 1979.
- Coordinator,
special session on "Communicating Science to the Public"
during the 1978 CASE Annual Assembly.
- Wrote
"Turn on to science writing," in CASE
Currents
journal, October 1979. (Convinced CASE to address problems of
science and research reporting on college campuses.
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Awards
and Citation:
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- 2005 CASE Circle of
Excellence Awards Program
- Gold Medal, Research Medicine
and Science News Writing
2000
CASE Recognition Program
Gold Medal, Periodical Staff Writing
1996
CASE Recognition Program
Grand Gold Medal, Tabloid Publishing
Silver Medal, General News Writing
1995
CASE Recognitiion Program
Bronze Medal, Special Interest Magazines
1994
CASE Recognition Program
Grand Gold Medal, Excellence in News Writing
Gold Medal, Research, Medicine and Science Writing
Silver Medal, External Audience Tabloids
Bronze Medal, General News Writing
1993
CASE Recognition Program
Silver Medal, General News Writing
Bronze Medal, Science, Medical Writing
Bronze Medal, Specialized Magazines
1992
CASE Recognition Program
Gold Medal, General News Writing
Bronze Medal, External Tabloids Program
Bronze Medal, Best Articles of the Year
1992
American Medical Writers Association, Greater Chicago Area Chapter
Morris Fishbein Award, Honorable Mention for Frontiers,
Ohio State University's cancer magazine
1991
CASE Recognition Program
Grand Gold Medal, Excellence in News Writing
Gold Medal, General News Writing
Bronze Medal, Tabloid Improvement for OSU Quest
Bronze Medal, Tabloid Publishing for OSUQuest
1990
CASE Recognition Program
Grand Gold Medal, Excellence in News Writing
Gold Medal, Excellence in News Writing
Gold Medal, Tabloid Publishing for OSU Quest
1989
CASE Recognition Program
Grand Gold Medal, Tabloid Publishing for OSU Quest
Gold Medal, Tabloid Publishing for OSU Quest
1988
CASE Recognition Program
Gold Medal, Research Communications in the News Media
Silver medal, Tabloid Publishing for OSU Quest
Bronze Medal, Excellence in Periodical Writing
1987
CASE Recognition Program
Silver Medal, Tabloid Publishing Program category for OSU
Quest.
Gold Medal, (Exceptional Achievement), Periodical Writing Excellence
for stories in OSU Quest.
Bronze Medal, Best Articles of the Year for stories in OSU
Quest
Gold Medal, (Exceptional Achievement), Public Information Programs.
1986
CASE Recognition Program
Gold Medal, (Exceptional Achievement), Tabloid Publishing Program
category for OSU Quest.
1985
CASE Recognition Program
Gold Medal. (Exceptional Achievement), Tabloid Publishing Program
category for OSU Quest.
Gold Medal, (Exceptional Achievement), Research Coverage and
the News Media category.
1984
CASE Recognition Program
Exceptional Achievement, Tabloid Publishing Program category
for OSU Quest.
1983
CASE Recognition Program
Exceptional Achievement, Tabloid Publishing Program category
for OSU Quest.
Special Merit, Research Coverage in Institutional Periodicals
category for stories in the tabloid OSU Quest.
1983
IABC Gold Quill Awards Program
Award of Merit, Newspapers & Magapapers division for OSU
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IABC Bronze Quill Awards (Columbus)
Award of Merit, Magapaper/Newspapers division for OSU Quest.
1982
CASE Recognition Program
Special Merit, Research Coverage for the News Media category
for the OSU Research News Service;
Special Merit, Research Coverage in Institutional Periodicals
category, stories in the tabloid OSU Quest;
Exceptional Achievement, Tabloid Publishing Program category
for OSU Quest.
1981
CASE Recognition Program
Exceptional Achievement, Excellence in News Writing category
for the OSU Research News Service and the OSU Newsfeatures Service;
Exceptional Achievement, External Tabloids category for OSU
Quest;
Citation Award, Research Coverage for the News Media category
for the OSU Research News Service;
Citation Award, Research Coverage in Institutional Periodicals
category for stories in OSU Quest.
National
Assn. of Government Communicators Blue Pencil Publication Contest
(1981)
Third Place, Newspapers category for OSU Quest.
International
Association of Business Communicators 1981 Gold Quill Awards
Competition
Award of Excellence, News/Magapapers Division for OSU QUEST
Society
for Technical Communication International Technical Publications
Competition (1981)
Award for Achievement, Periodical Article Category for story
in OSU Quest.
Society
for Technical Communication (Carolina Chapter) (1981) Technical
Publications Competition
Awards of Distinguished Technical Communications (two), Periodical
Articles Category for stories in OSU Quest;
Award of Excellence, Periodical Articles Category for story in
OSU Quest.
1980
CASE Recognition Program
Exceptional Achievement Award, Excellence in News Writing Category
for OSU Research News Service and OSU Newsfeature Service;
Exceptional Achievement Award, Improvement in News and Information
Programs Category for improvement in information programs over
the previous year, 1979-80;
Citation Award, Excellence in Periodical Writing Category for
stories on OSU research in OSU Quest;
Citation Award, Tabloid Publishing Program Category for OSU
Quest.
Society
for Technical Communications (Carolina Chapter) Technical Publications
Competition, 1980
Award of Distinction, Award of Excellence, Award of Merit, all
for stories on OSU research carried in OSU Quest.
Society
for Technical Communication, (Piedmont/Carolina Chapters) 10th
Annual Technical Communications Competition (1979)
Award Of Excellence, Awards of Merit (two), Awards of Achievement
(two), for stories on OSU research in OSU Quest and
on Auburn University research in two periodicals.
Society
for Technical Communication 25th International Technical Communications
Competition (1979)
Award of Distinguished Technical Communicaton for Periodical
Dimensions, Auburn University.
Society
for Technical Communication (Carolina Chapter) Technical Publications
Competition (1978)
Award of Distinction, Award of Excellence, Awards of Merit (two),
Awards of Achievement (three), for stories on Auburn University
research in two periodicals.
Sigma
Delta Chi, Professional Journalism Honorary Annual Contest (1972)
Second Place, Spot News Category.
Associated
Press Annual Contest (1969)
First Place, Spot News Category. |
Other
Interests:
Sailing,
Shorin-Ryu Karate, Rock Climbing, Computer Technology. |
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References:
Available
upon request.
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