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Alumni of Distinction

Inducted in the 1980s

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Alvin G. Flanagan TEL 1941 President of Gannett Broadcasting, Atlanta. * Inducted in 1980	Herbert Wadsworth JM 1953 Congressional aide. * Inducted in 1981	David Lawrence Jr. JM 1963 Inducted in 1982
Hugh Wilson ADV 1964 Creator of TV sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati." Inducted in 1982	John Paul Jones Jr. JM 1937 Professor and dean emeritus of the College.* Inducted in 1983	Barry Berish ADV 1954 President of Jim Beam Co., Chicago. Inducted in 1984
Clarence Jones JM 1956 Inducted in 1984	Douglas Leigh ADV 1928 Creator of Broadway lighting spectaculars. * Inducted in 1984	Fred Ward MA 1959 Freelance photographer for National Geographic magazine and Black Star. Inducted in 1984
Bernadette Castro TEL 1966 President of Castro Convertibles Corp., New York (and now a New York State official). Inducted in 1985	Karen DeYoung JM 1971 Foreign editor and national news editor, The Washington Post. Inducted in 1985	William G. Ebersole JM 1949, MA 1957 Publisher of The Gainesville Sun. Inducted in 1986
Deborah Amos TEL 1972 Foreign correspondant for National Public Radio (and now of ABC News). Inducted in 1987	Robert J. Haiman JM 1958 President of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg. Inducted in 1987	Ed Johnson JM 1957, MA 1972 Senior editor, New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, Tallahassee. Inducted in 1988
Judy Lynn Prince TEL 1964 Senior public affairs adviser, Mobil Oil Corp., Arlington, VA. Inducted in 1988	Jeraldine Brown Smith JM 1967 Attorney and publisher, Capitol Outlook, Tallahassee. Inducted in 1988	Otis Boggs LS 1943 WRUF sportscaster and "Voice of the Gators" for 50 years. * Inducted in 1989

Tom Kennedy JM 1972 Photography editor, National Geographic magazine, Washington, D.C. (and now of Washington Post Interactive). Inducted in 1989	Edward Sears JM 1967 Inducted in 1989	Bob Vila JM 1969 Host of PBS series "This Old House" (and Home Again). Inducted in 1989