Gene Foreman spent more than half a century in journalism 41 years as a reporter and editor and nine years as a teacher inthe College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University,USA. He climaxed his newsroom career with 25 years as managingeditor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, a period in which Inquirerstaff members won 18 Pulitzer Prizes. Retiring in 1998, he joinedthe Penn State faculty. As the inaugural Larry and Ellen FosterProfessor, he taught courses in journalism ethics and news editing.Since retiring from full-time teaching in 2006, he has continued asa visiting professor at Penn State. He coaches writing students anddirects the Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers,which has attracted more than 40 Pulitzer winners. In 2003, Foremanreceived two awards for excellence in teaching in the College ofCommunications, the Deans' Award and the Alumni Society Award. In2013, the Alumni Society gave him its first Douglas A. AndersonContributor Award in recognition of his work on behalf of theCollege and its students. In retirement, Foreman has also serveddistinguished visiting professorships at the University of Arkansasand Washington and Lee University. He was president of theAssociated Press Managing Editors in 1990 and board member of theAmerican Society of Newspaper Editors in 1992-95.