- Hugh Haynie
Hugh Smith Haynie (
February 6 ,1927 –November 30 ,1999 ) was an Americanpolitical cartoon ist.Haynie was born in
Reedville, Virginia . He studied at theCollege of William and Mary inVirginia and at theUniversity of Louisville inKentucky . He also served in theUnited States Coast Guard during the end ofWorld War II and theKorean War .In 1958,
Barry Bingham, Sr. hired Haynie to serve as a political cartoonist for the "Louisville Courier-Journal ", a position he held until his retirement in 1996, after which he was retained as an "emeritus". His cartooning style was clean lined and heavily inked, and somewhat reminiscent ofAl Capp . Haynie regularly penned in his wife's name "Lois" into his drawings.Haynie won several awards for his work. He won the
Headliner Award in 1966 and theFreedoms Foundation Medal in 1966 and 1970. The Kentucky Civil Liberties Union named him Civil Libertarian of the Year in 1978, and he was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1970 he was nominated for aPulitzer Prize ; he declined the nomination in favour ofThomas F. Darcy .External links
* [http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/JAT/HallofFame/halloffame/haynie1987.htm Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.history.ky.gov/Teachers/Haynie_teacher_guide.pdf&e=9711 Hugh Haynie Cartoons for the Classroom] (PDF )
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* [http://swem.wm.edu/Exhibits/political-cartoons/ The Cartoons of Hugh Haynie (The College of Williams and Mary)]
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