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Florida Southern alumnus
receives Service to Humanity Award
Richard Schneider, newspaper editor,
has won many awards for public service reporting

LAKELAND, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2002) - Florida Southern College honors alumnus Richard "Dick" A. Schneider, a 1977 graduate, at its Founders Day convocation March 15 at 10:10 a.m. in Branscomb Auditorium. Schneider will receive the Service to Humanity award, given each year to an FSC graduate for active involvement in civic organizations and commitment to public service.

Schneider, executive editor for The Jackson Sun in Jackson, Tenn., has won many awards for journalism and public service reporting. He received national recognition for his series on the historical events of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in Jackson - largely unreported by his own newspaper as the events occurred. For this reporting, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association honored him with the 2001 Public Service Award First Place for smaller newspapers. He also earned the University of Oregon Award for Ethics in Journalism, the highest ethics award given in his field.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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