Five recognized as alumni of distinction
(February 7, 2003) Five graduates have been selected as 2003 college alumni/ae of distinction, based on the recommendations of the faculty: Michael Connelly, Mary Anne Golon, Keith Moyer, Brad Todd, and Jean Zimmerman, Dean Terry Hynes announced today. This brings to 79 the total number of alums who have been recognized in this way. They will be formally honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on April 10.
The five are:
Michael Connelly (JM 1980), former journalist; best-selling
author (12 books). After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at the Daytona
Beach News-Journal and (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, specializing
in the crime beat at the height of the murder and violence wave during South
Florida’s so-called cocaine
wars. In 1986, Connelly and two other reporters spent several months interviewing
survivors of a major airline crash; the resulting story was later short-listed
for the Pulitzer Prize for magazine feature writing. Connelly later joined
the Los Angeles Times as a crime reporter. Connelly then turned to
writing fiction and has achieved international acclaim. His books include The
Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde, The
Last Coyote, The Poet, Trunk
Music, Blood Work, Angels Flight, Void Moon, A
Darkness More Than Night and
City of Bones. His latest release, Chasing the Dime, was
on the New
York Times best-seller list in Fall, 2002. His 13th book will be published
in Spring, 2003. Connelly’s writing has won him the Edgar, Nero, Macavity,
Barry, Wolfe, Maltese Falcon (Japan), .38 Caliber (France), Anthony and Premio
Bancarella
(Italy) awards. He also is a writer/producer for a new TV series on UPN titled
Level 9.
MaryAnne Golon (JM 1983), picture editor for Time magazine.
Worked at Time for 13 years before leaving in 1996 to go to U.S.
News & World Report,
then edited by James Fallows. She returned to Time in 1999. She
was the on-site photo editor for Time and for Life during
the Gulf War. Golon typically handles cover stories and special sections
or issues. She led photo coverage of Time’s September 11
special issue and dispatched some of the world’s greatest
photojournalists (James Nachtwey, Alex Webb and Vincent Musi) to cover the
U.S.-Mexico border, resulting in the 32-page “Welcome to America” cover
story for the June 11, 2001 issue. Has coordinated photos for every Olympics
since 1984. Won first place in the 1999 University of Missouri “Picture
of the Year International” competition. Time photo editors
sift through some 15,000 pictures a week, selecting about 125 for each issue.
J. Keith Moyer (JOU 1977), president and publisher of the Minneapolis
Star Tribune. Named to this position in 2001 after serving nearly four years as
publisher of The Fresno(CA) Bee, a sister publication of the Star
Tribune within The McClatchy Co. Moyer joined McClatchy in 1994 as the Bee’s executive editor. Before arriving in Fresno, Moyer served as editor/vice
president of the Democrat and Chronicle and the Times-Union in Rochester,
NY. During a career spanning almost 15 years with the Gannett Co., he had
top newsroom roles at Gannett Westchester Newspapers in White Plains, NY;
the News-Press in Fort Myers, FL; and the Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock.
He was honored as Gannett Co.’s Editor of the Year in 1989. As executive
editor of the News-Press in Fort Myers from 1986 to 1990, Moyer oversaw coverage
of poor social conditions faced by African Americans in Southwest Florida
that won the 1990 Grand Prize in the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards.
During his tenure as editor of The Fresno Bee, the newspaper was twice named
the best in its circulation category by the California Newspaper Publishers
Association in competition with 12 similar-sized dailies in the state.
W. Bradford Todd (ADV 1970), a principal in The Richards Group, a Dallas advertising
agency recognized by The New York Times as one of the “nine best advertising
agencies outside of New York.” Todd’s accounts include Motel 6,
Candlewood Suites and Chick-fil-A. He began his professional career with Foote,
Cone & Belding in Chicago, where he rose to account supervisor. He later
joined Frito-Lay as associate product manager and served as new product development
director before his promotion to domestic marketing director in 1979. He also
spent two years in the international division, developing Frito-lay markets
in Japan, Taiwan, Australia, and Canada. He earned an M.S. degree at Northwestern
University. Former chair of the Department of Advertising’s Professional
Advisory Council (served for 5 years) and a Hearst Visiting Professional in
the College.
Jean Hoehn Zimmerman (ADV 1968), executive vice president of sales and marketing
for the CHANEL Beauté and Fragrance Division. First executive in CHANEL
history to run both the sales and marketing divisions. Responsible for domestic
marketing of CHANEL brands; and oversees the direction of new product development,
promotional and long-range planning, public relations, creative strategy, corporate
advertising and sales. Began career in sales promotion with Charles of the
Ritz, where she remained for four years before joining Bristol-Myers in new
product and marketing development. Also worked for Estee Lauder as director
of fragrance marketing. Joined CHANEL in 1978 as director of beauté marketing
and was charged with the task of launching the new cosmetic line in the U.S.
market. In 1983 she was named senior vice president, marketing, fragrance and
beauté and later assumed responsibility for corporate advertising and
added the sales function to her title. She also is president and current chair
of Cosmetic Executive Women, a non-profit professional organization with 1,000
members. In 1998, Jean was awarded the Cartier Scholarship Recognition Award,
created to benefit Florida Institute of Technology’s Cosmetics and Fragrance
Marketing Department. Jean was recently featured in Mirabella, House & Garden,
Worth, and More magazines.
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