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Joseph Frederick Awad (May 17, 1929 – July 17, 2009) was a poet, painter, public relations and executive. He was appointed national president of the Public Relations Society of America in 1982 and Poet Laureate of Virginia〔http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/virginia.html Virginia Law and Library of Congress List of Virginia Poets Laureate〕 in 1998. Awad was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame in 1992.〔Awad, Joseph. Leaning to Hear the Music. Road Publishers, 1997.〕 His poetry has been anthologized with both Arab-American and Irish-American writers (see List of Arab American writers). ==Biography== Life Born in the coal-mining town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania to Frederick Awad and Helen Dwyer. His father was first generation Lebanese immigrant and his mother first generation Irish immigrant. In 1939, after the death of his mother, his father moved them to Washington DC and opened a barber shop in the Mayflower Hotel. Awad obtained a scholarship to Gonzaga College High School. He then attended Georgetown University where he was editor of The Georgetown Journal, and graduated cum laude with a BA in English Literature. While in school he worked for the Washington Bureau of the ''New York Daily News'', then later for Dave Herman public relations firm.〔Robertson, Ellen. "Reynold PR executive, poet dies." Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 19, 2009.〕 He took graduate courses in literature at George Washington University and night courses in painting and drawing at the Corcoran School of Art. Awad went to work with Reynolds Metals Company in 1957, from which he retired in 1993 as executive vice president for public relations.〔Orfalea and Elmusa, ed. Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry. Interlink Books, 2000.〕 After time spent in Louisville, Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois, he and his wife Doris settled in Richmond, Virginia in 1963. They have ten children. Over the years, Awad held many local board memberships including, Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Friends of the Richmond Library, and The New Virginia Review. He was also chairman of the Diocesan Communications Commission and vice-president of the Virginia Writer's Club. Joseph Awad died in Richmond, Virginia, surrounded by his family on July 17, 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Awad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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