Nan C. Robertson

Nan C. Robertson (July 11, 1926 – October 13, 2009) was an American journalist, author and instructor in journalism. Her awards included a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.

Five decades in journalism Born in Chicago, Illinois, Robertson attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority until she graduated in 1948. She traveled to Europe and was a reporter for Stars and Stripes in Germany (1948–49) and a fashion publicist in Paris (1950). From 1951 to 1953, she was a correspondent in Germany for the Milwaukee Journal and a feature writer and columnist — based in Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt and London

She formally retired from the Times in 1988 (serving her last five years as a reporter on the cultural news desk), but continued to write for the paper until 1996.

In 1994, Robertson became the first Eugene L. Roberts Visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Other awards In addition to her Pulitzer Prize, Robertson is a recipient of the following: 1962 - Newswomen's Club of New York - Feature Writing Award 1980 - Newswomen's Club of New York - Best Feature Front Page Award 1981 and 1983 - Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony 1982 - Newswomen's Club of New York - Special Award for Excellence for "Toxic Shock" 1983 - Newspaper Guild of New York - Page One Award 1983 - Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship 1991 - Northwestern University Alumnae Award 1992 - Northwestern University - honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters 1993 - International Women's Media Foundation - Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 - Washington Press Club - Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 - Foremother Award from the National Center for Health Research

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