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334:• George Foster Peabody Award, 1978 • Northwest Broadcast News Association Award, 1978 • The Ohio State Award, 1978, Institute for Education, Ohio State University • The Major Armstrong Award Certificate of Merit, 1978 • The Clarion Award, 1978
218:(MPR), where he served as a news reporter, documentary producer and senior producer of MPR's regional edition of "All Things Considered". His reports were regularly carried on National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (
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