At some point in last weekend's inspirational ceremony at the Univerisity of Minnesota's Northrup Auditorium, where we celebrated the graduation of Christopher John Graupner (music), I found myself thinking of family members who had commenced their life's journey from that great institution. Almost immediately, Pat Aufderheide came to mind. While at the University, Pat distinguished herself in the field of journalism; she also wrote a popular column in the campus paper reviewing media and writing commentary.
Coincidentally, her father, Dr. Arthur Aufderheide, University of Minnestota Medical School-Duluth, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and renown paleo-pathologist, sent me a link to an article from the December 5th edition of, AMERICAN WEEKLY, American University's Newspaper, announcing that the School of Communication's professor Patricia Aufderheide's documentary film scholarship had earned her the International Documentary Association's (IDA) top career achievement award. [Photo of Pat Aufderheide taken from AW.]
I decided to conduct a Live Search on Pat Aufderheide to develop a resume of her many acheivements in cultural journalism and as the director of AU's Center for Social Media. After browsing through 104 pages of links to sources in many different languages, the best approach might be to invite the reader to appreciate the scope of her important work on-line.
We celebrate Pat's distinguished career, even as she is in the midst of it, hoping that The Keepers might connect us and help us appreciate the remarkable journeys of the fascinating children of this great family to which we belong. Pat is the oldest of three children (brothers Tom and Walter) born to Dr. Art and Mary Buryk Aufderheide.
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Congratulations, Chris. It looks like you had a grand party, from Uncle Jim's photos. Your great Uncle Norbert would be proud as he also graduated from the U of Mn in business back when the Foshe (sp?) tower was the tallest building in town!
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