Jeff MacNelly

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1. 1968–1969 Jeff MacNelly draws editorial cartoons for the Chapel Hill Weekly UNC student Jeff MacNelly began drawing editorial cartoons for the Chapel Hill Weekly under editor Jim Shumaker, then left school to work for the paper full time. He modeled the editor in his later comic strip Shoe on Shumaker. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Jim ShumakerSearch the index · Cigar Aficionado: Quick On The Draw
2. 1972 Jeff MacNelly wins the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning Jeff MacNelly, a former Chapel Hill Weekly cartoonist then drawing for The Richmond News Leader, won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning at the age of 24. Place: RichmondSearch the index · Cigar Aficionado: Quick On The Draw · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, September 4, 1972, p. 1
3. April 1978 Jeff MacNelly wins a second Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning Jeff MacNelly, a former Daily Tar Heel sports editor and Chapel Hill Weekly cartoonist, won his second Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning while at The Richmond News Leader. Place: RichmondSearch the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): Cartoonist MacNelly wins second Pulitzer (April 19, 1978)
4. 1985 Jeff MacNelly wins a third Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning Jeff MacNelly, by then the editorial cartoonist of the Chicago Tribune, won his third Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Place: ChicagoSearch the index · Cigar Aficionado: Quick On The Draw
5. April 9, 1985 Jeff MacNelly is named to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame UNC's School of Journalism announced that Jeff MacNelly, then a two-time Pulitzer winner, and five other journalists would be inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame at a banquet at the Carolina Inn on Sunday, April 14. Place: Carolina Inn, Chapel HillSearch the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): Hall of Fame to honor journalists (April 9, 1985)
6. October 12, 1986 UNC gives Jeff MacNelly its Distinguished Alumnus Award At the University Day convocation in Memorial Hall, UNC presented Distinguished Alumnus Awards to cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, Justice Henry E. Frye, Rolfe Neill, Banks C. Talley Jr. and John A. Montgomery. Place: Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill · Also named: Henry E. Frye, Rolfe Neill, Banks C. Talley Jr., John A. MontgomerySearch the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): University Day convocation report (October 13, 1986)
7. January 1992 Jeff MacNelly pledges $25,000 toward a UNC journalism professorship honoring Jim Shumaker Jeff MacNelly pledged $25,000 to the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication toward the James H. Shumaker Term Professorship. Shumaker had edited the Chapel Hill Weekly when MacNelly drew for it as a student. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Jim ShumakerSearch the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): Cartoonist plans to give money for endowment (January 9, 1992)
8. March 18, 1994 Jeff MacNelly unveils a postal cachet he drew for UNC's Bicentennial at Stanford Middle School Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe and a UNC student from 1965 to 1969, unveiled on March 18 at C.W. Stanford Middle School in Hillsborough a commemorative postal cachet, a specially designed envelope issued with the U.S. Postal Service, that the University commissioned for its Bicentennial Observance. His artwork celebrated teaching and learning. People: Jeff MacNelly Place: C.W. Stanford Middle School, HillsboroughSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, March 18, 1994, p. 3