death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality birth_date language genre image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
17 july 2009 richmond , virginia shenandoah , pennsylvania poet laureate of virginia american 17 may 1929 english poetry joseph_awad . jpg joseph awad
 gonzaga college high school joseph awad public relations georgetown university
joseph awad

joseph frederick awad -lrb- may 17 , 1929 -- july 17 , 2009 -rrb- was a poet , painter , public relations and executive .
he was appointed national president of the public relations society of america in 1982 and poet laureate of virginia in 1998 .
awad was inducted into the virginia communications hall of fame in 1992 .
his poetry has been anthologized with both arab-american and irish-american writers -lrb- see list of arab american writers -rrb- .
