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Syracuse University.
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Jean Daugherty
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She is the sister of former Michigan State University football coach Duffy Daugherty. A graduate of Barnesboro High School, she received a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State Teacher’s College (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania) in 1943. In 1944, she joined the SPARS, the women's branch of the United States. Coast Guard.
In 1948, she received a master’s degree in communications from Syracuse University.
Daugherty began her television career in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1948 she joined WHEN-television (now WTVH-television) in Syracuse, New York in 1948.
On the children"s program, she was "The Play Lady". She produced all 6,200 episodes of the WTVH show broadcast between 1955 and 1982.
In 1998, she wrote “, Memories to Cherish,” a limited-edition book tracing the history of the program
Much of the history and props from the series are now in the Onondaga Historical Association. In 1990, she was co-marshal of the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. She was among the first inductees of the Syracuse Press Club Wall of Distinction.
Achievements
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She was among the first inductees of the Syracuse Press Club Wall of Distinction. Syracuse University awarded her the Woman of Achievement Award, the All-Time Woman of Achievement and Distinguished Alumni Award. She received the Mayors Achievement Award and an Honorary Letter of Distinction by the Syracuse University Varsity Club. In 1976, Indiana University of Pennsylvania gave her an honorary doctorate of letters degree. Le Moyne College College gave her a similar honorary degree in 1991.
Membership
She was a member of the board of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus and the Alibrandi Catholic Center at Syracuse University. She was a member of the Friends of the Burnet Park Zoo and Historic Onondaga Lake.
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Catholic