The Portland State University Alumni Association presents:
Celebrating Alumni Achievement: An Evening with Jack Ohman '99, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Sacramento Bee.
Presenation with Q&A followed by a dessert reception.
Read our alumni feature on Jack Ohman here.
This event is a part of PSU Alumni Month, celebrating the people, places and pride that make PSU great during March. Check out what's happening.
About Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman is the editorial cartoonist for The Sacramento Bee, as well as an associate editor, writing a weekly column and several editorials each week.
Before joining The Bee in 2013, Ohman worked for The Oregonian, the Detroit Free Pressand The Columbus Dispatch. His work is syndicated to 200 newspapers by Tribune Content Agency.
Over four decades in journalism, Ohman has been recognized with numerous awards. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012, and won the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists Award, the 2011 Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Award, the 2002 National Headliner Award and the 1995 Overseas Press Club Thomas Nast Award, among others. In 2013, he was runner-up for the Herblock Prize.
Ohman is the immediate past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. A native of Minnesota, he has a bachelor’s degree in history from the University Honors Program at Portland State University. He is the author of 10 books, four on the subject of fly fishing.