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Timothy Smith
a.k.a. Elizabeth's dad
Author, "Miracle Birth Stories of Very Premature
Babies -- Little Thumbs
Up!"
Born: 12-23-56 (also very prematurely, weighing
just a few pounds)
Family: Wife, Donna; daughter, Elizabeth
Pets: dogs Barney and Princess
Occupation: Journalist
College: Wayne State University, Bachelor of Arts
degree, mass
communications (1979)
High School: 1974 graduate of Livonia
Clarenceville High School
Residence: Michigan
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, playing and watching
hockey and listening to good
music (particularly Beatles-related).
About writing the book: "I want parents to
know that, if you have very
premature babies, the outcome can be happily typical! I
also hope this book
brings hope and comfort to those who go through the
prematurity maze, now or
in the future."
Why he wrote it: "Just look at the
'thumbs-up' photo on the cover of the
book. It was a God-sent signal."
Professional: 1986-to-2001, news reporter, May
2001 to present, Special Editor, Observer & Eccentric
Newspapers; 1984-to-1986, news and sports reporter,
Spinal Column
Newsweekly. Other experience in the field includes:
1983-84, sports
reporter, Dearborn Times Herald; 1980, sports reporter,
Dearborn Press &
Guide; 1979 (college internship), news and features,
Dearborn Press & Guide;
free-lance articles for state, national and
international ("The Highlander") publications.
Awards (partial list): Suburban Newspapers of
America, second place, sports writing, 2004; Michigan Press
Association second place award for sports feature, 2002;
Golden Apple Award
for reporting excellence about school issues, from the
Tri-County Alliance for Public Education, 2001; named 1998 Observer &
Eccentric Newspapers Journalist of
the Year; Suburban Newspapers of America, first-place,
education coverage, 1998; Michigan Press Association first place award for
his series on
Micropreemies in 1996; finalist, Journalist of the Year,
Detroit Chapter
Society of Professional Journalists, 1996; Suburban
Newspapers of America, third-place, education coverage,
1995; School Bell
Awards from the
Michigan Education Association in 1989 and 1997. |
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