Editing Peabody Awards (section)

==Key people==
[[File:Pach Brothers - George Foster Peabody.jpg|thumb|200px|[[George Foster Peabody]], 1907]]
*[[George Foster Peabody]] (1852–1938), namesake of the awards, was a highly successful investment banker who devoted much of his fortune to education and social enterprise. 
*Lambdin Kay was the awards chairman for the [[National Association of Broadcasters]] when he was asked to create a prize to honor the nation's premier radio programs and performances.
*John E. Drewry (1902–1983) was the first dean of the [[Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication]] at the [[University of Georgia]]. He accepted the position of dean when it was created in 1940. That same year he helped Lambdin Kay, general manager of Atlanta's [[WSB (AM)|WSB Radio]], create the Peabody Awards recognizing excellence in broadcasting.
*[[Worth McDougald]] (1926–2007) served as director of the Peabody Awards program from 1963 until his retirement in 1991.
*Barry Sherman (1952–2000) was the director of the George Foster Peabody Awards program at the University of Georgia from 1991 until his death in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073135801/information_center_view0/about_the_authors.html |title = About the Authors |publisher = McGraw-Hill Higher Education |access-date= 4 September 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Horace Newcomb]] held the Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia from 2001 to 2013..<ref name="Shearer">{{cite web |first=Lee |last=Shearer |url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/032701/uga_0327010006.shtml |title=UGA names new Peabody director |work=[[Athens Banner-Herald]] |date=2001-03-27 |access-date=2013-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605141124/http://onlineathens.com/stories/032701/uga_0327010006.shtml |archive-date=2013-06-05 }}</ref>
*[[Jeffrey P. Jones]] succeeded Horace Newcomb in July 2013 as the Lambdin Kay Chair for the Peabodys in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/about#messagedirector|title=The Peabody Awards|work=peabodyawards.com}}</ref>