Harold L. Nelson Award Recipients
| 1998 | Wilmott Ragsdale |
 Wilmott
Ragsdale, professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication,
joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1960 and retired in 1982. By the
time he joined the UW faculty, he had been a merchant seaman, a published
poet, a journalist and war correspondent who worked for Time, Newsweek
and the Wall Street Journal. He earned master’s degrees in philosophy
and literature from Johns Hopkins University and he studied at the
Sorbonne. He originated courses in specialized reporting, critical
writing, and the literary aspects of journalism. In 1978 Ragsdale
won a distinguished teaching award. Though he retired, Ragsdale continued
to teach at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington,
until a few years ago. As a professor, Ragsdale touched many lives,
and his students have won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer
prize. |
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