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George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the
National Newspapers Publishers Association News Service, will deliver
the 2008 G.D. Davidson Roundtable Lecture on March 27 at Warren Wilson
College. Curry's free public talk, titled "Making a Choice: Thermostat
or Thermometer," will begin at 7 p.m. in the College Chapel.
A native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Curry is a former New York bureau chief
and Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. His column,
"Beyond the Spin," currently appears biweekly on the commentary page of
The Philadelphia Inquirer. Curry was also a reporter for Sports
Illustrated and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He wrote and served as
chief correspondent for the widely praised TV documentary, "Assault on
Affirmative Action," which aired as part of the "Frontline" series on PBS.
The first African-American to serve as president of the American Society of Magazine Editors, Curry is on the list of Most Influential Black Journalists of the 20th century, a list compiled by the National Association of Black Journalists. In 2003, the NABJ selected Curry as its "Journalist of the Year." Curry serves on several boards, and is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Knoxville College, where he also was a student trustee member. He is author of the biography, "Jake Gaither: America's Most Famous Black Coach," and edited the National Urban League's 2006 State of Black America report. Today, in addition to his continuing work as a journalist, he is a highly regarded keynote speaker, moderator and media coach. Mr. and Mrs. George Donnell Davidson Jr. established the Davidson Roundtable in 1987 to honor Davidson's father, George Donnell Davidson, a 1902 graduate of the Asheville Farm School (forerunner to Warren Wilson). Each spring, the roundtable has invited guests - formally called "fellows" - to share life stories that include both successes and disappointments. Fellows are selected based on achievements that reflect the concept of Christian vocation in business, industry, ilanthropy or humanitarian service. (Images provided by Warren Wilson.)
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