Alumni of Distinction
Inducted in the 1990s
 Frank Bean ADV 1962, MA 1963 Attorney and manager of international sports programs, Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta. Inducted in 1990 |
 Frank Karel III JM 1961 Vice President for communications, Rockefeller Foundation, New York (and now of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton). Inducted in 1990 |
 J. Leonard Levy ADV 1955 President of Hillsboro Printing, Tampa. Inducted in 1990 |
 David G. Ropes PR 1968 Vice President of marketing services, Reebok (and now of zUniversity.com, Greenwich, CT). Inducted in 1991 |
 Dianne Baron Snedaker ADV 1970 President of Ketchum Advertising, San Francisco. Inducted in 1991 |
 George M. Solomon JM 1963 Assistant managing editor for sports, The Washington Post. Inducted in 1991 |
 Carl Hiaasen JM 1974 Columnist for The Miami Herald and author of numerous best-selling fiction books. Inducted in 1992 |
 Larry Lancit TEL 1970 Emmy Award-winning producer of PBS' Reading Rainbow series for children. Inducted in 1992 |
 Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Blanchard JM 1965, MA 1970 Kenan professor of journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Inducted in 1993 |
 Micki Dickoff MA 1972 Emmy Award-winning writer, director and producer of social commentary films, including Mother, Mother, Los Angeles. Inducted in 1993 |
 Anne M. Saul JM 1966 News systems editor for Gannett Inc., Arlington, VA. Inducted in 1993 |
 Michael F. Foley JM 1970 Vice President for communications and community relations and former executive editor, St. Petersburg Times. Inducted in 1994 |
 Stuart Newman JM 1946 President of Stuart Newman Associates public relations, Miami. Inducted in 1994 |
 Stephen Strang JM 1973 Founder of Charisma magazine and president of Strang Communications, Lake Mary. Inducted in 1994 |
 James C. Weeks ADV 1964 President and chief operating officer, New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, Atlanta. Inducted in 1994 |
 Larry Woods JM 1963 National correspondent for Cable News Network, Atlanta. Inducted in 1995 |
 David Bianculli JM 1975, MA 1977 Television critic for the New York Daily News and National Public Radio. Inducted in 1995 |
 F. James McGee JM 1975 Investigative reporter for The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize winner at The Miami Herald. Inducted in 1996 |
 Walker Lundy JM 1965 Editor and senior vice president, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press. Inducted in 1997 |
 Karl Wickstrom JM 1957 Founding publisher of the Florida Sportsman, Miami. Inducted in 1997 |
 Jerry Davis ADV 1968 President and CEO of Computer Management Sciences Inc., Jacksonville. Inducted in 1998 |
 Rebecca Greer JM 1957 Senior articles editor (ret.) Woman's Day magazine, New York. Inducted in 1998 |
 John Hayes TEL 1963 President and CEO, Raycom Media Inc., Montgomery, AL. Inducted in 1998 |
 Ron Sachs JM 1972 President of Ron Sachs Communications, Tallahassee, and former spokesman for Governor Lawton Chiles. Inducted in 1998 |
 Sharyl Thompson Attkisson TEL 1982 CBS News anchor and host of PBS' HealthWeek. Inducted in 1999 |
 Al Burt ED/EH 1949 Investigative reporter and columnist (ret.), The Miami Herald. Inducted in 1999 |
 Diane Hooten McFarlin JM 1976 Executive editor and director of broadcast, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (and now publisher). Inducted in 1999 |
* Indicates alumnus is deceased.
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