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UK Alum Becomes Two-time Oscar Winner

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 24, 2015) — University of Kentucky alum Henry “Bub” Asman took center stage during the Academy Awards Sunday evening as he accepted his second Oscar.

The 1971 UK graduate won the Oscar for sound editing for his work on Clint Eastwood’s film “American Sniper.”

The Louisville native, who now lives in Union, Kentucky, won his first Academy Award for sound editing in 2007 for his work with “Letters from Iwo Jima.”

A special section of the 2015 Oscars website features a Q&A session with Asman about being nominated for an Academy Award.

To read the original story that ran on UKNow in 2011 about Asman’s rise to Hollywood fame in the world of sound editing, visit:  http://uknow.uky.edu/content/and-winner-isa-wildcat.

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