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# Resident author honored by Aztecs
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/resident-author-honored-by-aztecs/
- Published: 2004-03-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:02:38.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica resident and children’s book author Sid Fleischman has been honored as a San Diego State University Distinguished Alumnus.

He received the award at the 32nd annual Montys Award Gala at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina on March 6\. The Montys award is a symbol of achievement and success presented to distinguished alumni and honors those who have made significant contributions to San Diego State University, the San Diego community or California, nationally or internationally.

Fleischman graduated from San Diego State University in 1949 with a degree in English. A giant in the field of children’s literature, Fleischman has garnered countless awards for his fanciful novels, which have become classroom standards. In 1987, he received the Newbery Medal, the American Library Association’s most prestigious honor. This year, he received the first annual Sid Fleischman Award for Humor, a tribute established by the Society of Children’s Book Writers. Fleischman has donated many of his books to the SDSU Library. This year he will lend materials from his personal collection for a display of his life’s work in the main exhibit hall.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 19, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)