alumni profiles

Alumni of Distinction

H.G. “Buddy” Davis, JM 1948, MA 1954, was inducted into the Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame in June. Davis spent 31 years on the UF faculty and 27 years as an editorial writer and columnist for The Gainesville Sun. He won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1971 and also received the Distinguished Service Award and the Wells Key from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Yvette Miley, TEL 1985, has been named vice president/news director for WTVM-TV, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Birmingham. Miley was honored in March 2000 as an alumna of distinction in the College. She won Emmy Awards for her coverage of Andrew Cunanan/Gianni Versace murder and the downtown Miami tornado and Dupont and Peabody Awards for coverage of Hurricane Andrew.

She spent ten years with WTVJ-TV NBC 6 in Miami. She has served on the UF Telecommunication Advisory Council.

Stuart Newman, JM 1946, was one of 12 public relations professionals named by PR WEEK magazine as “PR’s Golden Oldies.” John W. “Jack” Felton, president and CEO of the Institute for Public Relations and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Public Relations; and Betsy Ann Plank, former member of the UF Public Relations Advisory Council and one of the College’s 2000 Millennium Award winners, were also named. The magazine called them “PR’s class of yesteryear.”

Newman has run a Miami agency for 55 years. He was quoted as saying he has no plans to retire, but does spend ten weeks a year at a retreat in West Virginia.

Newman’s son, Andy Newman, ADV 1977, is an associate in the firm.