| | In March 2018, the Nirembergs traveled to Philadelphia at the invitation of the Annenberg School so that he could present the 2018 George Gerbner Lecture in Communications, an annual event featuring an alumnus considered to have made a significant contribution to society.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/> | | In March 2018, the Nirembergs traveled to Philadelphia at the invitation of the Annenberg School so that he could present the 2018 George Gerbner Lecture in Communications, an annual event featuring an alumnus considered to have made a significant contribution to society.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/> |
| − | Jeff Niederdeppe, an associate professor of communications at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, New York, and a former classmate of Nirenberg, said that the mayor was "interested in making San Antonio a better place, and he'd always articulate "maverick" political positions. "He's the mot disciplined person I've ever met."<ref name=loveatfirstsight/> (Coincidentally, the mayor of San Antonio from 1939 to 1941 was named "Maverick": Fontiane Maury Maverick, Sr., a Democrat.) | + | Jeff Niederdeppe, an associate professor of communications at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, New York, and a former classmate of Nirenberg, said that the mayor was "interested in making San Antonio a better place, and he'd always articulate "maverick" political positions. He's the most disciplined person I've ever met."<ref name=loveatfirstsight/> (Coincidentally, the mayor of San Antonio from 1939 to 1941 was named "Maverick": Fontiane Maury Maverick, Sr, (1895-1954), a Democrat.) |