Marilyn Newton, award-winning and groundbreaking Nevada photojournalist, will receive an honorary doctorate at the Friday afternoon 推荐杏吧原创 commencement ceremony.
Her career spanned 52 years, officially starting in 1963 but actually beginning a few years before that. Hired at age 12 by the Carson City Nevada Appeal as a papergirl, Newton had her first story (a two-paragraph sports story) published at the age of 12 and her first photo published just a year later. After graduating from Carson High School in 1962, Newton attended the 推荐杏吧原创 and was hired by the Reno Evening Gazette after just one semester. Within two weeks she wrote her first front page story and within six months she was a photojournalist for the paper.
Over her career she has won close to 400 national, regional and state awards and earned one Pulitzer nomination. In 1992 she was named Nevada Photographer of the year by Shooting the West. In 2002 she was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame and also won the national media award by the National Leukemia Society for her photos of a childhood cancer cluster.
She has shot crime scenes, spot news, sports, entertainment, business, environmental portraits and historic events throughout the Northern Nevada and Northern California region.
Countless photos of Newton’s are stored in the Special Collections and University Archives in the , which contains photos taken from 1959 to 2014 for use in news stories, encompassing 55 years of RGJ staff photography.
While University librarians don’t yet have a precise count on the number of images, but there are well over half a million images that are fully indexed and available and they estimate the collection as a whole has between one and two million images.
The oldest 775 images in this collection have been scanned and turned into digital positives, and are available in our publicly-accessible online archives: .
A commencement handshake on May 24, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
The graduates proceed to their seats at commencement on May 24, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
The Color Guard takes their post as the platform party is seated during commencement ceremonies on May 24, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
A woman lies on the grass in the Quad during commencement ceremonies on May 24, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Soon-to-be graduates wait for their names to be called during commencement ceremonies on May 24, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Modern dancers pose in front of at the Fleischmann Atmospherium-Planetarium on July 2, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Modern dancers pose inside the Fleischmann Atmospherium-Planetarium on July 2, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Students line up at tables on The Quad during the University student orientation on Aug 2, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Students wait for a presentation in front The Mackay School on the Quad during the University student orientation on Aug 2, 1975. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
A group Nevada football fans tailgating for the Sept. 20, 1975 football game against Willamette University. Nevada won 36-14. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
A portrait of the Homecoming queen, crowned at the on Oct. 11, 1975 football game. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Nevada football homecoming game against Cal Poly on Oct. 11, 1975. Nevada won 16-8. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
Cheers from the stands at the Nevada football homecoming game against Cal Poly on Oct. 11, 1975. Nevada won 16-8. Photo by Marilyn Newton.
