Pioneer in Journalism Remembered Through Scholarship Fund

Longtime Las Vegas Sun executive and columnist Ruthe Deskin will now be remembered by students of the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies through a scholarship fund. 

To continue their mother’s legacy and memorialize her commitment to young reporters, daughters Nancy Cummings of Reno and Terry Gialketsis of Las Vegas started the Ruthe Deskin Memorial Scholarship Endowment after Deskin died last year.

The Yerington native embarked on her remarkable career as a papergirl for the Reno Evening Gazette. Prior to joining the Sun in 1954, she paid her dues in radio, public relations, and advertising. Her career at the Sun lasted more than five decades.

Deskin is remembered not only as a pioneer, especially among women journalists, but also for her devotion to the Las Vegas community.