Difference between revisions of "Roone Arledge"
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'''Roone Arledge''', [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1952|52]], was a sports broadcaster. [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]] and [[Roone Arledge Cinema]] are named after him. | '''Roone Arledge''', [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1952|52]], was a sports broadcaster. [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]] and [[Roone Arledge Cinema]] are named after him. | ||
| − | Arledge came to Columbia desiring to be a sportswriter and hoping to take journalism classes as an undergrad. After discovering the [[Journalism School]] was graduate-only, he enrolled in [[Columbia College]]. After graduating, he enrolled at [[SIPA]] but dropped out. He went on to win a [[John Jay Award]] in [[1979]]. | + | Arledge came to Columbia desiring to be a sportswriter and hoping to take journalism classes as an undergrad. After discovering the [[Journalism School]] was graduate-only, he enrolled in [[Columbia College]]. After graduating, he enrolled at [[SIPA]] but dropped out. He went on to win a [[John Jay Award]] in [[1979]], as well as an [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]]. |
[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Arledge, Roone]] | [[Category:Columbia College alumni|Arledge, Roone]] | ||
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[[Category:Drop outs|Arledge, Roone]] | [[Category:Drop outs|Arledge, Roone]] | ||
[[Category:John Jay Award recipients|Arledge]] | [[Category:John Jay Award recipients|Arledge]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Pro sports personalities|Arledge]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Alexander Hamilton Medal recipients|Arledge]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:41, 22 November 2012
Roone Arledge, CC '52, was a sports broadcaster. Roone Arledge Auditorium and Roone Arledge Cinema are named after him.
Arledge came to Columbia desiring to be a sportswriter and hoping to take journalism classes as an undergrad. After discovering the Journalism School was graduate-only, he enrolled in Columbia College. After graduating, he enrolled at SIPA but dropped out. He went on to win a John Jay Award in 1979, as well as an Alexander Hamilton Medal.
