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Trumpet” (1964), “Portrait of a Decade:
The Second American Revolution”
(1964), and “Make No Law: The
Sullivan Case and the First Amendment”
(1991).
—1973—
Wayne Greenhaw writes, “My 14th
book, ‘My Heart Is in the Earth: True
Stories of Alabama and Mexico,’ was
published this fall by River City Publishing.
A collection of pieces from my
many years of reporting, it also contains
never before published articles
and accounts which bring together the
two places I love: Alabama, where I
have lived most of my life, and Mexico,
where I went to school and where my
wife, Sally, and I travel frequently.
The Alabama stories include tales of
the late Governor George C. Wallace
and of the man who wrote his inaugural
address (‘Segregation now! Segregation
forever!’) and who later wrote
‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’ and ‘The
Education of Little Tree;’ tales of my
grandfather and grandmother, of the
Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, and
legendary Alabama football coach Paul
‘Bear’ Bryant. The Mexico stories include
the tale of my first journey by
train from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to San
Miguel de Allende to attend school in
the summer of 1958 and 1959 when I
met the Beat writers Jack Kerouac and
Allen Ginsberg; the story of the Alabama-raised
William Spratling, who
revitalized the silver industry in Taxco,
and profiles of artists Diego Rivera and
Frida Kahlo.
I am now rewriting my history of
Montgomery, published by the Montgomery
Advertiser 11 years ago. With
more information about the last decade
of the 20th century and new details
I have uncovered from further
research, the book ‘Montgomery: The
River City’ will be published by River
City Publishing in the spring of 2002.”
—1977—
Al Larkin was named senior vice
president of general administration and
external affairs, a new post, at The
Boston Globe last September. In that
capacity, he is responsible for the
Globe’s community relations, public
relations, and The Boston Globe Foundation.
Last January, Larkin was named
senior vice president of human resources;
in his new post, he will continue
to oversee human resources and
other administrative duties.
—1979—
Donald Woods was posthumously
awarded an Al Neuharth Free Spirit
Award by The Freedom Forum in November.
Woods, born in South Africa,
worked to expose the realities of apartheid
in his country. Receiving repeated
threats to his family, he fled the country
to England and continued to campaign
against apartheid with books,
essays, articles and lectures. Woods
died of cancer on August 19, 2001.
Three others received the award this
year: Alice Randall, author of “The Wind
Done Gone;” Erik Weihenmayer, the
first blind person to ascend Mt. Everest,
and Brigadier General Chuck Yeager,
test pilot and the first human to fly
faster than the speed of sound. The
award is presented to individuals for
their ability to inspire others.
—1981—
David Lamb, in the wake of the
September terrorist attacks, updated
and revised his 1987 book, “The Arabs:
Journeys Beyond the Mirage,” for republication.
Then, in December, he
headed off to Pakistan and Afghanistan
for the Los Angeles Times to report the
war against terrorism.
—1982—
Ramindar Singh is a fellow at The
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,
Politics and Public Policy at Harvard
University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Singh has been a journalist
for three decades. From 1995 until
March 2000 he was editor of New
Dehli’s The Times of India and, most
recently, editor of The Sunday Times
of India. During his fellowship he is
pursuing his interests in press freedom
and freedom of information.
—1984—
Nina Bernstein was one of five finalists
this year for the National Book
Award nonfiction category for “The Lost
Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle
to Change Foster Care” (Pantheon
Books). In her book she follows several
generations of a family whose 1973
lawsuit challenged New York City’s
foster care system. The case was finally
settled in 1999 and, in writing about it,
she reveals much about the lives of
New York’s abandoned children. The
other four finalists were Marie Arana,
David James Duncan, Jan T. Gross, and
Andrew Solomon, who won the award.
—1988—
Lindsay Miller has a new job at
WBUR, Boston’s National Public Radio
news station and perhaps, she says,
“most notorious as the home of the
‘Car Talk’ guys.” She continues, “Having
spent three years as senior editor of
WBUR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ I’m now a
producer for ‘The Connection,’ a talk
show about news and ideas that airs on
NPR stations throughout the country.
A lot of people listen to us online
(www.theconnection.org). In normal
times (which these are not), we do an
hour a day of hard news and an hour on
something soft but fascinating.
“It’s a lot like being a Nieman. For
one thing, I’m surrounded by really
bright, cool people who are much
younger than I. And I can pick and
choose from a whole universe of topics,
only this time I’ve got to write the
papers. I’ve had Geneva Overholser
(NF ’86), Stan Grossfeld (NF ’92), and
a lot of other Niemans on the program.
And I’m always looking for more.”
—1990—
Goenawan Mohamad spent the fall
as a Regents’ Professor at the University
of California, Los Angeles. His appointment
ended in December 2001.
He wrote, “Living in an apartment here
in L.A. as a Regents’ Professor reminds
me so much of my Nieman year more
than a decade ago. It remains a memorable
sojourn.”
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