News from Wallace House
University of Michigan Names Six International Knight-Wallace Fellows
Ann Arbor, MI - The Knight-Wallace Fellows program at the University of Michigan has awarded fellowships to six international journalists for the academic year 2011-2012. Twelve American journalists were named in May. The group is the 37th to be offered fellowships by the University of Michigan.
While on leave from regular duties, Knight-Wallace Fellows pursue customized sabbatical studies and attend twice-weekly seminars at Wallace House, a gift from newsman Mike Wallace and his wife Mary. The program also includes training in narrative writing, multi-platform journalism and entrepreneurial enterprise. News tours for the KWF group in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Istanbul are arranged by host news organizations ... read more >>
Strangers to No One
By Charles R. Eisendrath ’75Each year, we try to make strangers into a group that has trouble remembering life before knowing one another. Increasingly, we’re extending that thinking in the obvious direction—to the entire body of alumni.
The reunion marking the 38th year of the program was a great observation post for deciding how far we have already gone and how much further we have to go. From the 200-odd bits of data at hand—meaning Fellows and spouse/partners who attended—I’d say the job won’t be like most beginnings, where you stand at the foot of the mountain and are out of breath just thinking about clambering halfway up. ... read more >>
Graham Hovey, Margaret DeMuth Remembered:
Exceptional Lives in Service to Others
By Charles B. Fancher, Jr. ’82 & Diane Brozek Fancher ’82
We were honored to have been asked to play a role in connection with the 25th annual Graham Hovey Lecture on September 10 by offering a tribute to the late Graham B. Hovey, for whom the lecture series is named, and the late Margaret DeMuth, the Fellowship’s program assistant for 16 years.
Graham, who directed the Fellowship from 1980 to 1986, died at 94 on February 20, just weeks after Margaret, who passed away on January 2 at the age of 83. Those of us who knew them are confident that our lives were immeasurably enriched by the association....read more >>