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JFK Memory Project Earns Honor For WKU's Jeffrey

WKU

The head of WKU Special Collections, Jonathan Jeffrey,  has won the 2014 Kentucky History Award for his role leading the JFK Memory Project.  The effort surrounded the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination in 2013. 

WKU Public Radio talked to Jeffrey last year as he was collecting memories of JFK’s campaign stop in Bowling Green in 1960 and the events in Dallas in November 1963.  

“If we waited until the next significant anniversary like the 75th anniversary – almost everybody who would have a remembrance would be dead,” said Jeffery.  “So, it’s imperative, I think, that we do it right now.”

The JFK project collected personal memories from more than 130 people.  The history award is presented by the Kentucky Historical Society.  Jeffrey has been at WKU since 1990.

The award-winning news team at WKU Public Radio consists of Dan Modlin, Kevin Willis, Lisa Autry, and Joe Corcoran.
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