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Edward Allan Weathers
1849 St. Andrews Circle.
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Tel: 540-961-4280
Email: edweathers@peoplepc.com
(To contact me.)
Date/Place of Birth: January 26, 1946, Port Jefferson, NY
EDUCATION
B.A. with honors, English Literature, Columbia College, NY, NY, 1968
M.A. with high honors, American Literature, Columbia University, NY, NY, 1969
M. Phil. (=ABD), American Literature, Columbia University, NY, NY, 1971
WORK HISTORY
August 2003-present: Virginia Tech University Title and duties:
Instructor (full-time), Departments of English and Communication, teaching writing and magazine courses January-May 2003: Southern Connecticut State University
Titles and Duties:
Adjunct Professor, Department of Journalism, teaching course on First Amendment issues
2003: The Memphis Flyer
Title and Duties
Weekly columnist, national affairs
1992-2002: Golf Digest Companies (formerly New York Times Magazine Group)
Titles and Duties (most recent last):
Golf Digest magazine Equipment Editor, overseeing equipment coverage
Tennis magazine Senior Editor for instruction, overseeing all instruction articles
Golf Digest magazine, Senior Editor for instruction, overseeing all instruction articles
1977-1992: Memphis magazine
Titles and duties:
Associate editor, writing and editing articles
Manuscripts editor, working with freelance writers to generate articles
Editor, overseeing a full magazine staff and all editorial decisions
1971-1976: Memphis State University
Titles and duties:
Instructor of English, teaching freshman and sophomore writing and literature classes
Other work experience
1980-1992: Freelance magazine and corporate writer, editor, writing teacher and consultant (corporate writing seminar clients included Federal Express, the U.S. Postal Service, Arthur Andersen & Co.)
1989-1992: Associate Editor, The Memphis Flyer (weekly alternative newspaper)
1980-1992: Assistant Professor, freelance writing, Memphis State University Continuing Education Department (part-time)
1990-1991: Assistant Professor of English, Memphis College of Art
1982-1984: Editor, The Tennis Connection (monthly magazine)
1980-1984: Associate Editor, Huddle/Fastbreak (weekly sports tabloid)
1981: Assistant Professor, Journalism Department, Memphis State University (part-time)
Publications
Over 200 articles in dozens of magazines and newspapers. This includes many cover stories for Memphis magazine, Golf Digest and Tennis magazine; major articles in national publications such as Historic Preservation (the magazine of the national trust), FineLine (the magazine of journalistic ethics), Portfolio (Northwest Airlines in-flight magazine), and reprints in Reader’s Digest.
Monthly humor column for Memphis magazine (1982-1991) also appeared regularly in Kansas City magazine, Miami/South Florida magazine, The Buffalo News Sunday Magazine and The Sacramento Bee Sunday Magazine; it also appeared occasionally in The Houston Post, The Seattle Times, The Detroit Free Press, The Pittsburgh Press, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Corporate publications include the Federal Express Social Responsibility Review and the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce Directory.
Poems in a variety of literary publications.
Professional Awards and Achievements
1985 Silver Medal for Excellence in Commentary from the City and Regional Magazine Association (national award)
1987 Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for the nation’s best magazine article on legal issues (national award; previous winners included articles in The New York Times Sunday Magazine and The New Yorker)
1987: Memphis magazine articles on Cybill Shepherd chosen as model magazine profiles in Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines, standard journalism textbook by Jay Friedlander and John Lee.
March, 1988: Visiting Professional, White School of Journalism, University of Kansas
1988 Artist in Residence for City of Germantown, Tennessee
April 1990, Visiting faculty, Birmingham-Southern College “Writing Today” conference
Summer, 1991: Visiting lecturer, Rhodes College Writing Camp
2000: Eagle Award of Excellence in recognition of outstanding and exceptional achievements, The New York Times Company Magazine group
July, 2003: Laurel awarded from the Columbia Journalism Review for actions taken in defense of journalistic ethics
Community Service
Reader for Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic
Personal interests
Literature, movies, tennis (5.0 NTRP rating), golf (3.7 handicap index)
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