"Working Hard To Improve News Design Through Education"
C. Marshall Matlock Receives SND's Highest Lifetime Achievement Award
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C. Marshall Matlock SND adds his name to award; SU names him 'Professor Emeritus'
C. MARSHALL MATLOCK
C. MARSHALL MATLOCK's name has been added to the annual SND Designer of the Year award by the Society for News Design and the Newhouse School. Newhouse School Dean David Rubin made the announcement May 2, 2006, at the School's Awards Ceremony.
It is now the SND Marshall Matlock Designer of the Year award. The announcement comes at the time Matlock retires from classroom teaching to devote full-time to the annual competition, cosponsored by the School. He has been the competition and jading director for the past 18 years.
"This (the competition) is definitely Marshall's show," Dean Rubin told a group of judges and facilitators gathered for the 27th Edition opening dinner Feb. 17, 2006. "This competition is the "premiere" news design competition in the world, Rubin told the 85 people in attendance. "It's big and prestigious," says Rubin, who became the School's dean in 1990. "We couldn't do the competition without Marshall."
Matlock will retire from classroom teaching in May 2006 to devote full time to directing the competition and doing other work in the School's graphics area.
"The competition has become a full-time job and it needs the added support that only a full-time Newhouse person can give it," Matlock says. "It was a hard decision not to be directly involved in the students? educational experience but one that will more directly help the School and in the long run help students over time. Also, there is no question that it?s a big step forward for the Society. I'm looking forward to continuing my relationship with both the School and SND."
Matlock credits Dean David Rubin for the success of programs like the competition. "Dean Rubin is the best thing that has happened to the Newhouse School," Matlock says. "He's an excellent leader and a perfect role-model for both students and faculty. We couldn't have gotten a better person for the dean's job."
In another announcement made by Syracuse University in March 2006, Prof. Matlock was named a "Professor Emeritus," an honor bestowed on a few professors for their "long and dedicated service to the University."
Matlock has worn many hats in and out of the classroom while at SU. He was the special assistant to two deans, directed the Empire State School Press Association and School press Institute, both high school journalism programs, and for many year?s directed the Pre-College program for Summer Sessions.
He has been honored by state, national and international organizations for his work in several areas, including six President's Awards from SND.
IN HIS OWN WORDS:
DR. MARIO GARCIA, known worldwide for his newspaper designs, says about Matlock:
"To me, Marshall Matlock represents the ultimate description of dedication and professionalism, qualities that he has brought to everything he has ever done, at Newhouse and beyond.
"But, more importantly, qualities that he has passed to hundreds of students who came in touch him. Personally, I am forever grateful to Marshall for bringing me to be a part of the SU faculty, which was the springboard to a wonderful career.
"Like all of Professor Matlock's students, associates and friends, I, too, have learned much from him about giving one's best possible effort to a project, then pursuing it with the utmost professional standards to its successful completion. From him I learned much about the joys of teaching and of discovering talent, then nurturing and mentoring to its full potential.
"Professor Matlock brought innovative teaching to SU, especially in basic undergraduate courses where many others would have given up at the start. His introductory media class was planned with the zest usually reserved for graduate seminars. I remember occasionally sitting in the back of this huge sophomore-level class to listen to a lecture or benefit from one of his celebrity media guests. It was a great and inspirational start for the youngest SU students.
"At the same time, Professor Matlock demanded, and usually got, the best that each student could give.
"In later years, Marshall has become synonymous with the Society for News Design yearly competition, running it with a firm and steady hand, and making sure that only the best designs are rewarded, as it should, but that nobody can question the ethical standards of the competition's proceedings.
"Marshall Matlock and the Newhouse School are forever intertwined in my mind. At a personal level, my family and I treasure Marshall's friendship. In a sense, the Newhouse School honors itself when it honors Marshall Matlock with these accolades.
"Marshall's legacy to the School has been established and is firmly in place. Your honoring him assures that it will live forever, as it should."
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