Photojournalist and KU Alumnus Receives Wm. Allen White Foundation's National Citation
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Posted: 11:49 AM Feb 9, 2007
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The William Allen White Foundation awarded KU alumnus and nationally known photojournalist Richard C. Clarkson their National Citation Friday afternoon during a ceremony at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

"Rich Clarkson has been a tremendous friend to and supporter of the J-School over the years," said Ann Brill, dean of KU's William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. "We are so proud of his accomplishments and the nationally he has received."

Mr. Clarkson earned journalism degree from KU in 1956. During his career, he was director of photography and senior assistant editor of the National Geographic Society. He also worked as the director of photography with the Topeka Capital-Journal and at the Denver Post.

He also worked seven summer and one winter Olympics, organizing all picture coverage for Time during the historic Munich games in 1972 and the Montreal games in Montreal and for Sports Illustrated in Moscow in 1980.
In 1996 he was the manager of all photography for the main stadium in Atlanta.

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