Ernie Pyle
After the war he attended Indiana University where he studied journalism and received the Ernie Pyle award, became the editor of the "Daily Student", the school's newspaper, and served on the student governing board. After graduation in 1949 with a B.A. in journalism, Thompson joined the staff of the "Journal Gazette" in Fort Wayne, Indiana, his first job as a reporter. Many years later he returned to his Alma Mater as the Ernie Pyle lecturer on journalism.