No: 79
Date: 10/1/1999
Name: Roger Welsch
Humorist, folklorist, television personality and author, Roger Welsch traveled from his home in Dannebrog, Neb., to be honored as a Face. At the time, the one-time University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor was producing and hosting the "Postcard from Nebraska" feature on CBS "Sunday Morning." He still hosts a program on Nebraska Public Television. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines, including Readers Digest, Esquire and Successful Farming. He was named 1992's Distinguished Nebraskan at the Washington, D.C. Press Club and received Ak-Sar-Ben's "Contributions to Agriculture" award. Said emcee Tom Becka about Welsch's national TV appearances: "Thanks to Roger, everybody in the country thinks that people from Nebraska dress like 'Green Acres.'" The caricature shows Welsch in his trademark bib overalls atop one of his beloved antique Allis Chalmers tractors. A pigeon roosts in the empty engine compartment. Welsch holds a TV set with an extension cord running to Danneborg, where a Danish-pastry flag is flying, symbolizing the town's role as the Danish capital of Nebraska. Back to Top