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Alberto Ibarguen ’66

Alberto Ibarguen '66 was elected president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which makes grants to promote excellence in journalism worldwide and invests in the vitality of 26 U.S. communities where the Knight brothers operated newspapers. A newspaper executive since 1984 and currently publisher of the Miami Herald and the Nuevo Herald, he had served in the Peace Corps and holds a law degree from UPenn. Columbia University honored him with their Maria Moors Cabot prize for his work to protect journalists and free speech in Latin America and George Washington University recently awarded him an honorary Ph.D. The foundation chair describes him as "a recognized leader with interests that are a perfect match with those of the foundation." Ibarguen, who served on the Wesleyan board, concurs: "I feel as though my life has been training just for this job."
Alberto Ibarguen ’66 was elected president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which makes grants to promote excellence in journalism worldwide and invests in the vitality of 26 U.S. communities where the Knight brothers operated newspapers. A newspaper executive since 1984 and currently publisher of the Miami Herald and the Nuevo Herald, he had served in the Peace Corps and holds a law degree from UPenn. Columbia University honored him with their Maria Moors Cabot prize for his work to protect journalists and free speech in Latin America and George Washington University recently awarded him an honorary Ph.D. The foundation chair describes him as “a recognized leader with interests that are a perfect match with those of the foundation.” Ibarguen, who served on the Wesleyan board, concurs: “I feel as though my life has been training just for this job.”