Temple University's School of Media and Communication will celebrate the careers of six alumni along with one of America's top news anchors this fall at the 2014 Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Awards.
We want you to be there with us.
Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News will lead the list of honorees at a reception and lunch, starting at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, September 26, in Mitten Hall on Main Campus. Williams will accept the Excellence in the Media Award and serve as the event's guest speaker.
The awards, affectionately called the "Lewies," are named after Lew Klein, the legendary broadcast pioneer, longtime adjunct professor and chair of the SMC Board of Visitors; the ceremony is the year's highlight event for SMC.
Alumni being honored with awards are:
- Tracy Davidson, SMC '06, a reporter and anchor at NBC10 in Philadelphia.
- Gerhart L. (Jerry) Klein, SMC '70, LAW '80, executive vice president of the Anne Klein Communications Group.
- Larry Margasak, SMC '65, a veteran Washington Associated Press reporter who recently retired.
- John Oates, SMC '70, Hall and Oates musician and songwriter and recent inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- Claire Smith, SMC '79, an editor at ESPN who is a pioneer for women in sports journalism through her reporting for The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Meredith Z. Avakian-Hardaway, SMC '06, will take home the Rising Star Award for young alumni. She is the director of communications and marketing at the Philadelphia Bar Association.
The event, featuring video presentations of each honoree's career, supports student scholarships.
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