The Media School Distinguished Alumni Award honors former students who have become leaders in media after majoring in journalism, radio/TV, telecommunications, film and related fields through the school or its predecessors.
Those who took significant coursework in The Media School or its predecessors are also eligible, along with alumni who served prominent roles for IU student media.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards
6-9 p.m., Oct. 6
Presidents Hall, Franklin Hall
BA'82
Director of facilities & Technology, The Media School; Director, CBS, NBC, CNBC NBA Entertainment, CBS Sports Network
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We are accepting nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards until Feb 15, 2024.
Renee Ferguson, BA'71
Michael J. Hayes, BA’88
Brian H. Horton, ’72
Marcia Parker, BA’76
Vernon A. Williams, BA’73
Monroe Anderson, BA'71
Stephanie L Becker, BA'82
Dee J. (Michaelis) Hall, BA'82
Monte Hayes, BA'66
Stephen G. Lucas, BA'80
Jim Bright, BA'74
Paul J. Caine, BA'86
Edna F. Einsiedel, PhD'75
Tracy Dodds, BA'74
Marilyn Schultz, BS'67, MA'90, PhD'93
Craig W. Van Sickle, BA'79
Diana Hadley, MA'80
Richard Horwitz, BA'63, MS'64
Craig Klugman, BA'67
John Rappaport '62
Ed Spray, BS'63, MA'69
Sage Steele, BS'95
Harold de Bock, PhD’74
Gary Donatelli, BA’74
Sandra Eisert, BA’73
Kathleen Johnston, BA’82
Bryan Moss, BA’66
Diane Shah, BA’67
Kenneth A. Beckley, BA’62
Bonnie J. Brownlee, BA’72, MA’75
Eric Deggans, BA’90
Andy Hall, BA’82
Bob Shanks, BS’54
John Ahlhauser, MA’73, PhD’78
Joseph Angotti, BS’61, MA’65
Taik Sup Auh, MA’73, PhD’77
Del Brinkman, MA’63, PhD’71
Myrna Oliver, BA’64
Robert E. Thompson, BA’49
Sharon Dunwoody, BA’69, PhD’78
David C. Krane, BAJ’94
Everett G. Martin, BA’49
Raju Narisetti, MA’91
Tim Nickens, BA’82
Martha Moutoux Steffens, BA’78
Mark Ferree, ’26, LHD’77
Bill Foley, ’77, BA’07
David B. Richardson, BA’40
Miriam Meloy Sturgeon, BA’38, MA’40
Nancy Weaver Teichert, BA’76
Dan K. Thomasson, BA’60
E. Ross Bartley, ’16
Frank Bourgholtzer, BA’40
Melissa Farlow, BA’74
Earleen Fisher, BA’68
Timothy A. Franklin, BS’83
George N. Gill, BA’57, LHD’94
Gerould W. Kern, BA’71
Paul V. McNutt, BA’13
David H. Weaver, BA’68, MA’69
Samuel F. Yette, MA’59
Florence Myrick Ahl, BA 1899
Marjorie (Smith) Blewett, BA’48
Kent Cooper, LHD’41
I. Wilmer Counts, MS’54, EdD’67
Madelyn Pugh Davis, BA’42
Michel du Cille, BA’85
Thomas French, BA’81
John W. Hill, LHD’71
Don Mellett, ’14
Gene Miller, BA'50, LLD'77
James Polk, BA'64
Nelson Poynter, BA'24, LLD'76
Ernie Pyle, LHD'44
John E. Stempel, BA'23
Paul Tash, BA'76
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