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MORISON AWARD 2026
John U. Bacon is a New York Times bestselling author who has worked for more than three decades as an award-winning writer, public speaker, college instructor, radio and TV commentator, and high school hockey coach.
Mr. Bacon earned an honors degree in history from the University of Michigan in 1986, and a master’s in education in 1994, and has taught at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and the University of Michigan.
John U. Bacon is a New York Times bestselling author who has worked for more than three decades as an award-winning writer, public speaker, college instructor, radio and TV commentator, and high school hockey coach.
Mr. Bacon earned an honors degree in history from the University of Michigan in 1986, and a master’s in education in 1994, and has taught at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and the University of Michigan.
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Bacon's radio essays earned him NPR's award for best commentary, all subjects, in 2014. He appears often on national TV, gives speeches across North and South America, and taught 15 years at the University of Michigan, where the students awarded him the 2009 Golden Apple for "exceptional teaching." In 2006 he was inducted into the Ann Arbor Huron High School Hall of Fame for turning around the hockey team, which he wrote about in "LET THEM LEAD: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team," and in 2022 he gave the commencement address at Michigan Tech, where he is a trustee.
Bacon is a decent hockey player, a mediocre Spanish speaker, and a poor piano player, but that has not prevented him from enjoying all three. He lives in Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan with his wife and son.
