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| | UNC News Release -- Blanchard, renowned media historian, dies at 60 |
 | | Blanchard was a reporter for the Palm Beach Post-Times in West Palm Beach, Fla., from 1963 to 1965. |
 | | Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Blanchard received an associate’s degree in 1963 from Palm Beach Junior College, a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1965 from the University of Florida, a master’s in communications in 1970 from Florida, and a doctorate in history in 1981 from UNC-Chapel Hill. |
 | | A fund in Blanchard’s name has been started in the school, and checks may be sent to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Campus Box 3365, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365. |
| www.unc.edu /news/archives/may04/blanchard052804.html (776 words) |
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