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Nov. 3, 2003

Rubin Named NC State College of Textiles Distinguished Alumna

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Cyma Rubin

Cyma Rubin of New York City, a 1947 graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in textile management, has been named the College of Textiles’ 2003 Distinguished Alumna.

Rubin is an Emmy and Tony award-winning producer, director and writer. She produced and directed the Emmy award-winning “Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs,” a television documentary examining six Pulitzer photographs that aired on Turner Network Television in 1999. She is a member of the board of directors of the Friends of the Library at NC State and is curator of the exhibit “The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment,” which is currently on exhibit at NC State’s D.H. Hill Library. She also received an honorary doctorate of fine arts degree from NC State in May 2003.

Rubin’s professional credits are numerous. Her first Broadway show, “No, No, Nanette,” won four Tony Awards. She went on to produce other musicals that were nominated for a total of 11 Tony Awards. She has worked as a film producer, one of which, “Greaser’s Palace,” won the London Film Festival Award. She produced “A Few Days in Weasel Creek” and “Welcome Home, Bobby” for CBS Television. Other productions include work for the Houston Grand Opera, the American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Argentino, and the New York Boys Choir. She was the cultural producer for Nippon Television International for nine years.

Rubin is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Overseas Press Club, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Friends of the New York Public Library, and several philanthropic organizations. She also lectures at New York University.

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