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April 23, 2002Wallace named Interlochen chairBy ALISON VANENGENRecord-Eagle staff writer INTERLOCHEN - Award-winning television newsman Mike Wallace will serve as honorary chairman of the Interlochen Center for the Arts' 75th anniversary of its summer arts camp. Interlochen president Edward J. Downing said Wallace was chosen because "an important part of celebrating our 75 years is celebrating the success of the people whose lives have been changed for the better by Interlochen." Wallace is an alumnus of the camp's University Division and radio staff from 1939. Wallace has been the co-editor of the CBS television network program "60 Minutes" since its premiere in 1968. He has been awarded 19 Emmys, three George Foster Peabody awards and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award grand prize. The Interlochen Center for the Arts' 75th anniversary will be celebrated over a 15-month period beginning in June. As honorary chairman, Wallace will participate in events including a January 2003 "Interlochen Night at the New York Philharmonic," featuring Maestro Lorin Maazel and other alumni in the New York Philharmonic. More than 13 percent of the members of the New York Philharmonic are Interlochen alumni. The oldest and largest summer arts camp of its kind, the Interlochen program began as an outgrowth of founder Joe Maddy's efforts to implement music education in the U.S. public school curriculum. The summer arts camp began as the National High School Orchestra Camp in 1928. Now known as the Interlochen Arts Camp, the program has expanded to include dance, theater, creative writing and visual arts. More than 2,200 students aged 8 to 18 from around the world participate in the camp each summer.
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