Name: Miami University recognizes Beaver Island resident Joe Reed with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001
Start: 2001
End: 2001
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2001
Kind: Award
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: militarypublic-serviceeducationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Miami University recognized Beaver Island resident Joe Reed with a Distinguished Alumni Award at its annual Presidential Review in 2001. The newspaper’s summary connected the recognition to Reed’s Marine Corps service, corporate career, education-reform work, and public service.

Evidence limits

The Beacon excerpt does not provide the award ceremony’s exact date or the university’s full citation.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2001, “Joe Reed Received The Distinguished Alumni Award At The Annual Presidential Review at Miami University.”
Summarizes Reed’s Marine Corps service in Korea, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart, later AT&T vice-presidency, education-reform leadership, public service, and continuing service on Beaver Island. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, June 2001, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the recognition report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Miami University recognizes Beaver Island resident Joe Reed with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/joe-reed-miami-distinguished-alumni-award-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2001, “Joe Reed Received The Distinguished Alumni Award At The Annual Presidential Review at Miami University.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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