Back then, the regional bee was sponsored by The Philadelphia Bulletin. This year, it’s Billy Penn and WHYY.
Author Archives: Amy Blakely
Amy Blakely is a former journalist who works in PR at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, and was a participant in the 1975 National Spelling Bee. She embarked on a project to find her fellow contestants from that year, and is collecting the stories on Facebook.