E. W. Ziebarth
E. W. ("Easy") Ziebarth | |
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Interim President of the University of Minnesota | |
Preceded by | Malcolm Moos |
Succeeded by | C. Peter Magrath |
Personal details | |
Born | October 4, 1910 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
E. W. ("Easy") Ziebarth (October 4, 1910 – February 27, 2001) was a
Ziebarth also had a long career in broadcasting beginning at the University of Minnesota's
Ziebarth won two Peabody awards for his work. The first in 1959 was awarded to WCCO for a series of programs on international relations. Ziebarth had traveled to the Soviet Union with a small group of academics and journalists and reported back on his experience.[3][4]: 108 His second came in 1971 for a WCCO radio program he did entitled "The Heart of the Matter" which chronicled his own open heart surgery.[5]
Ziebarth retired from teaching in the late 1970s. He died in 2001.[2] A collection of his papers can be accessed at the University Archives, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.[6]
References
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- ^ "Institutional Award: WCCO Radio for Local Public Service". Peabody Awards. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Good News to the Northwest: 1924-1974 (PDF).
- ^ "The Heart of the Matter". Peabody Awards. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "ArchivesSpace Public Interface | UA | Elmer W. Ziebarth papers". archives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-24.