Edith Sayre Auslander, a Tucson native who rose from the local newsroom to the upper echelon of the state’s university system while championing minorities and women in higher education and journalism, died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 83.
He attributed much of her success and achievements to being “adroit at moving around a bunch of male egos.” She was inducted into the Tucson High Badger Hall of Fame, the UA Journalism Hall of Fame, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame. And in a unique Tucson honor, Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson named Auslander a Doña, a title of respect and distinction.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio In 1977 she joined the UA Journalism Department's faculty. She served as co-director and director of the Editing Program for Minority Journalists, a national training initiative sponsored by the Institute for Journalism Education in Berkeley, California.
That is how Paul Allvin, former UA associate vice president for communications, met Auslander. He was a cub reporter for the UA Wildcat and reported on the Board of Regents.
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