Thomas found just that in 1943 when she joined UPI as a writer for the local radio wire. She became White House bureau chief in 1974. She has received more than 20 honorary degrees and a number of journalism awards, including a prize established in her name by the White House Correspondents Association. Thomas also has served as a visiting professional for Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and is a past winner of the Carr Van Anda Award, the school's highest honor. As in the past, the university will keep recent graduates' e-mail accounts active through the end of the calendar year, but this year, the addresses won't be deleted from the university server in January.
Recent graduates can forward their ohio.edu address to an outside account.