DAN LIEBMAN RECEIVES THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY’S OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS AWARD


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Monday, November 23, 2009
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing
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DAN LIEBMAN RECEIVES THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY'S OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS AWARD

LEXINGTON, Ky. - November 23, 2009 -Blood-Horse Publications announces that Blood-Horse editor Dan Liebman received the University of Kentucky College of Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award on Friday, Nov. 20, during the 2009-2010 College Awards and Recognition Ceremony at the Hilary J. Boone Center on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. The annual award is presented to an outstanding alumnus of the University of Kentucky College of Communications and Information Studies and recognizes the recipient's many contributions to the community.

The University of Kentucky College of Communications and Information Studies held its first College Recognition Ceremony and Awards Dinner in September 2000. The college awards program was designed to publicly recognize and honor the accomplishments of University of Kentucky faculty, staff, students, distinguished alumni and friends.

A Kentucky native and graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in journalism, Liebman taught a class titled "Writing for the Equine Industry" in the journalism school. He has served on the school's advisory board and sponsored the school's annual Bid For Brains fund raiser. The Blood-Horse has hired two winners of the school's Joe Hirsch Scholarship to work as editorial interns.

Liebman, 50, joined Blood-Horse Publications in 1993 as research director and became executive editor in 1998. Prior to joining Blood-Horse Publications, Liebman was the Midwest deputy editor for The Racing Times from 1991-1993, and was a columnist for the Kentucky bureau of Daily Racing Form from 1984-1991. He formerly served as a member of the Leadership Council for the American Diabetes Association, and a member of the Board of Trustees for Temple Adath Israel. He is a former officer of the National Turf Writers Association (NTWA). A resident of Frankfort, Ky., Liebman has four children, Jennie, Joe, David, and Ben.

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Nov. 23, 2009

 

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