Thomas French

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==Life== ==Life== French was born on January 3, 1958 to Hans and Katherine (née Darst) French in [[Columbus, Ohio]] and was raised in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana.<ref name=CP /><ref name=Whos>{{cite book|first1=Elizabeth A. |last1=Brennan |first2=Elizabeth C. |last2=Clarage |title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofpulitze00bren |url-access=registration |publisher=The Oryx Press |date=1999 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofpulitze00bren/page/221 221–222]}}</ref> While at Indiana University Bloomington, he was the editor-in-chief of the [[Indiana Daily Student]], the recipient of a Poynter scholarship, the winner of the Hearst Competition for Feature Writing, and graduated in 1980.<ref name=IU>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/8731.html |title=Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas French returning to teach at the IU School of Journalism |author=Indiana University School of Journalism |date=August 28, 2008 |publisher=IU News Room |accessdate=2015-06-27}}</ref><ref name=Whos /> His first marriage was to Linda French (née Rogowski).<ref name=Whos /> French has two sons, Nathaniel and Samuel.<ref name=Whos /> He married Kelley Benham in 2006.<ref name=bookpage>{{cite web|first=Alden |last=Mudge |title=THOMAS FRENCH: It's all happening at the zoo |publisher=BookPage |date=July 2010 |url=http://bookpage.com/interviews/8601-thomas-french}}</ref> Benham documented the birth of their daughter Juniper, who was born an extreme preemie in the series "Never Let Go," published in the ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'', for which she was a finalist for the 2013 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing]].<ref name=Juniper>{{cite episode|title=23 Weeks 6 Days |publisher=Radio Lab |series-no=11 | number=6| access-date=2015-06-27 |url=http://www.radiolab.org/story/288733-23-weeks-6-days/ }}</ref> French was born on January 3, 1958, to Hans and Katherine (née Darst) French in [[Columbus, Ohio]] and was raised in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana.<ref name=CP /><ref name=Whos>{{cite book|first1=Elizabeth A. |last1=Brennan |first2=Elizabeth C. |last2=Clarage |title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofpulitze00bren |url-access=registration |publisher=The Oryx Press |date=1999 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofpulitze00bren/page/221 221–222]}}</ref> While at Indiana University Bloomington, he was the editor-in-chief of the [[Indiana Daily Student]], the recipient of a Poynter scholarship, the winner of the Hearst Competition for Feature Writing, and graduated in 1980.<ref name=IU>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/8731.html |title=Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas French returning to teach at the IU School of Journalism |author=Indiana University School of Journalism |date=August 28, 2008 |publisher=IU News Room |accessdate=2015-06-27}}</ref><ref name=Whos /> His first marriage was to Linda French (née Rogowski).<ref name=Whos /> French has two sons, Nathaniel and Samuel.<ref name=Whos /> He married Kelley Benham in 2006.<ref name=bookpage>{{cite web|first=Alden |last=Mudge |title=THOMAS FRENCH: It's all happening at the zoo |publisher=BookPage |date=July 2010 |url=http://bookpage.com/interviews/8601-thomas-french}}</ref> Benham documented the birth of their daughter Juniper, who was born an extreme preemie in the series "Never Let Go," published in the ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'', for which she was a finalist for the 2013 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing]].<ref name=Juniper>{{cite episode|title=23 Weeks 6 Days |publisher=Radio Lab |series-no=11 | number=6| access-date=2015-06-27 |url=http://www.radiolab.org/story/288733-23-weeks-6-days/ }}</ref>

==Career== ==Career==