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ANNIVERSARY GALA October 12, 2018

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elcome to the College of Journalism and Communications 50th Anniversary Gala. We are honored that you have joined us for this momentous occasion.

As the current dean and an alumna, I feel very fortunate to be part of the College at this time in our history. I am grateful to those leaders who came before me – Deans Rae O. Weimer, John Paul Jones, Jr., Ralph Lowenstein, Terry Hynes and John Wright – and to the extraordinary faculty and staff, students, friends and alumni who have shaped this amazing institution.

Our 50th Anniversary is as much an opportunity to revel in the days ahead as it is to celebrate the

past. Our future is exceedingly bright — not in spite of the dizzying pace of change in our fields, but because of it.

In 1968, when the doors of the newly minted College first opened, no one could have imagined what the fields of advertising, journalism, public relations and telecommunication would look like today. We are living in a media world light years from the one that existed 50 years ago.

Many things remain constant, though: A dedication to truth and integrity. A spirit of curiosity and invention. An embrace of professional skills development alongside academics. A commitment to making a difference in our community, in Florida and around the world.

These values and guiding principles remain critically important as we endeavor to be a leader in innovation and an exemplar of scholarship and education.

With your help and support, the College of Journalism and Communications can shine as the premier communication program in the country.

This is our goal.

This our time.

Diane McFarlin Dean

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Welcome and Dinner

Hall of Fame Induction

Alumni Stories You May Not Know

A Tribute to Transformational Investors Who Led the Way Joseph and Marion Brechner Jerry and Judy Davis Alvin and Effie Flanagan

CJC: The Next Three Years

Dancing and Schmoozing

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SPONSORS DEAN’S RECEPTION Michael and Linda Connelly, B.S. Journalism 1980, B.S. Journalism 1981

NETWORKING AND CONNECTIONS LUNCH Stanley and Barbara Schwartz, B.S. Advertising 1962

GOLD LEVEL Diane McFarlin, B.S. Journalism 1976 Sara Sidner, B.S. Telecommunication 1994

SILVER LEVEL Sharyl Attkisson, B.S. Telecommunication 1982 Barry Berish, B.S. Journalism 1954 Bernadette Castro, B.S. Telecommunication 1966 Marcie Ersoff, B.S. Journalism 1958 Mike Foley, B.S. Journalism 1970 Patrick Ford, Visiting Professional in Residence James Harper, B.S. Advertising 1963 Andy Newman, B.S. Advertising 1977 Deanna Pelfrey, Senior Lecturer, Public Relations Stanley and Barbara Schwartz, B.S. Advertising 1962 Amy Summers, B.S. Public Relations 1997 Don Thomas, B.S. Journalism 1968 Jeraldine Williams, B.S. Journalism 1967

CHAMPAGNE COURTESY OF BARRY BERISH AND SOVEREIGN BRANDS.

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS Although 2018 is the 50th Anniversary of the College of Journalism and Communications, our four disciplines have a long history at the University of Florida, with journalism dating back more than 100 years.

1972

1967

State Board of Regents votes for school to become College of Journalism and Communications

1949

1925

College creates the departments of Advertising, Broadcasting, Journalism and Public Relations

Rae O. Weimer becomes director of the newly named School of Journalism

School of Business and Journalism is founded

1968

1927

1958

College of Commerce and Journalism is founded

WUFT-TV sign-on date

First students enroll in the College of Journalism and Communications John Paul Jones Jr. becomes College Dean

1948

1916

WRUF-FM sign-on date

Journalism arrives at UF as “Agricultural Journalism�

1955

1976

Ralph L. Lowenstein becomes College Dean

The School moves to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

1928

WRUF-AM sign-on date

1980

College moves to Weimer Hall

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1981

The Joseph L. Brechner Center for Freedom of Information is established

2015 The Agency strategic communication agency opens

2012

Innovation News Center opens

2007

John W. Wright II becomes College Dean

WUFT Classic sign-on date

2013

Diane McFarlin becomes first CJC alumni to be College Dean

1999

1981

WUFT-FM sign-on date

Marion B. Brechner Citizens Access Project is endowed

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College confers first two doctoral degrees in mass communication

1994

College celebrates its 50th anniversary Public Interest Communications program is conferred with Center status

2016 2008

1990

2018

2014

College creates nation’s first Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications

Florida Public Radio Emergency Network launches

2010

Interactive Media Lab establishes the first journalism site anywhere on the web

Brechner Citizens Access Project becomes Brechner First Amendment Project

Terry Hynes becomes first female College Dean

WUFT Noticias begins broadcasting Spanish-language news

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STEM Translational Communication program is conferred with Center status Hatch content incubator launches

2017

College takes home 18 awards in the Hearst Journalism Awards

HALL OF FAME INDUCTION Rob Hiaasen, B.S. Telecommunication 1981

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onight we are inducting Rob Hiaasen, B.S. Telecommunication 1981, into the CJC Hall of Fame. Hiaasen, a gifted writer and storyteller, was killed on June 28 in the Capital Gazette shooting.

A Florida native, he began his journalism career in radio and was a news anchor and reporter at news-talk radio stations throughout the South. In 1987, he joined The Palm Beach Post where he wrote more than 500 stories, including the award-winning investigation into the case of Dr. David J. Acer, the dentist who allegedly infected his patients with HIV. He moved to The Baltimore Sun in 1993 where he was a feature writer and later a columnist for 15 years.

He joined the Capital Gazette (Annapolis, Maryland) in 2010 as an assistant editor and Sunday columnist. Earlier this year, the Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Press Association awarded him first place in a feature column category for a piece about only realizing as a grownup that the Fort Lauderdale beach that he frequented as a child was segregated. He also worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Hiaasen was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 2004, where he focused on screenwriting and narrative journalism.

Hall of Fame member Carl Hiaasen, B.S. Journalism 1974, said of his brother, “He spent his whole gifted career as a journalist, and he believed profoundly in the craft and mission of serving the public’s right to know the news.”

Baltimore Sun columnist Kevin Cowherd, a close friend, said, “Rob was a terrific reporter because he had an innate curiosity. He was a master of asking questions of the people he wrote about. It was one of his strengths. He was also drawn to quirky characters. In all his writing he tried to bring out the humanity.”

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HALL OF FAME 1970

1987

Walter “Red” L. Barber JOU

1930*

1971 H.G.”Buddy” Davis Jr.

JOU, MAMC

1948, 1952*

1972 William O. E. Henry

JOU

1950*

1974 Thomas M. McEwen

JOU

1944*

1976 Homer E. Hooks

JOU

1943*

1978 Malcolm B. Johnson

Deborah S. Amos

TEL

1972

Bob Haiman

JOU

1958

Edward L. Johnson

JOU, MAMC

1957, 1972

Judy Lynn Prince

TEL

1964

Jeraldine Williams

JOU

1967

Otis P. Boggs

BLS

1943*

Tom R. Kennedy

JOU

1972

Edward M. Sears

JOU

1967

Bob J. Vila

JOU

1969

1988

1989

JOU

1936*

Irvin Ashkenazy

JOU

1933*

Frank W. Bean

ADV, MAMC

1962, 1963

Ralph C. Davis

JOU

1931*

Frank Karel, III

JOU

1961*

Howard M. Norton

JOU

1933*

J. Leonard Levy

ADV

1955

J. Richard Sewell

JOU

1959*

1991 David G. Ropes

JOU

1968

Dianne Snedaker

ADV

1970

George M. Solomon

JOU

1963

Carl A. Hiaasen II

JOU

1974

TEL

1970

1979

1990

1980 Alvin G. Flanagan

TEL

1941*

1981 Herbert R. Wadsworth JOU

1953*

1982

1992

David Lawrence Jr.

JOU

1963

Laurence A. Lancit

Hugh H. Wilson Jr.

ADV

1964*

1993 1965, 1970*

1937*

Margaret “ Peggy” A. Blanchard

JOU, MAMC

JOU

Micki Dickoff

MAMC

1972

Barry M. Berish

JOU

1954

Ann M. Saul

JOU

1966

Clarence H. Jones Jr.

JOU

1956

Douglas B. Leigh

BLS

1928*

Michael F. Foley

JOU

1970

Frederick N. Ward

MAMC

1959*

Stuart G. Newman

JOU

1943

Stephen E. Strang

JOU

1973

Bernadette Castro

TEL

1966

James C. Weeks

ADV

1964*

Karen J. DeYoung

JOU

1971

1995 David V. Bianculli

JOU, MAMC

1975, 1977*

JOU, MAMC

1949, 1957

Larry K. Woods

JOU

1963

JOU

1975

1983 John P. Jones Jr. 1984

1985

1986 William G. Ebersole

1994

1996 F. James McGee

*Deceased

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HALL OF FAME 2004

1997 Walker W. Lundy Jr.

JOU

1965

Mark D. Erstling

TEL

1975

Karl Wickstrom

JOU

1957*

Melissa C. Lammers

ADV

1979

2005

1998 Jerry W. Davis

ADV

1968*

Ben Cason

JOU

1965

Rebecca E. Greer

TEL

1957

Carolyn B. Gosselin

JOU, MAMC

1980, 1983

John E. Hayes

TEL

1963

Deb Richard

ADV

1989

Ronald L. Sachs

JOU

1972

Eric R. Wishnie

TEL

1984*

2006

1999 Sharyl Thompson Attkisson

TEL

1982

Matthew D. Bunker

PH.D

1993

Al V. Burt Jr.

JOU

1949*

James R. Harper

ADV

1963

Diane Hooten McFarlin

JOU

1976

Guillermo I. Martinez

JOU

1966

Jennifer K. McMillin

PUR

1988

2000 Dennis R. Kneale

JOU

1979

Scott G. Sanders

ADV

1979

Rene “Butch” S. Meily

MAMC

1979

John C. Tillotson

TEL

1959

Yvette M. Miley

TEL

1985

2007

Richard “Dick” Monroe

ADV

1967

Peter C. Barr, Sr.

TEL

1957

Joan M. Ryan

JOU

1981

Angela A. Buonocore

ADV

1978

Carol A. Sanger

JOU

1970

Betty Cortina-Weiss

JOU

1992

Maryanne G. Culpepper

JOU, MAMC

1973, 1974

2001 Donald C. Bacon

JOU

1957

Annie L. Derryberry

MAMC

1983

C.B. Daniel Jr.

JOU

1966*

David L. Finkel

TEL

1977

Steen B. Johansen

TEL

1966*

Keith R. Tribble

PUR

1977

Rosemarie “Dee Dee” Nye

PUR

1973

2008 Richard Bartlett

JOU

1945*

John W. Dillin Jr.

JOU

1958

W. Andrew Fletcher

ADV

1979

C. Del Galloway

PUR, MAMC

1981, 1983

Harold A. Herman

JOU

1949

Maryfran P. Johnson

JOU

1978

Kristi Krueger-Templin

TEL

1986

Jamie McIntyre

TEL

1976

Stephanie A. Sinclair

JOU

1998

Donald E. Thomas

JOU

1968

2009

Bonni G. Tischler

TEL

1966*

Dana R. Bullen II

JOU

1953*

Darrell C. Hammon

ADV

1978

2002

2003 Michael J. Connelly

JOU

1980

Yungwook Kim

MAMC, PH.D

1996, 1999

MaryAnne Golon

JOU

1983

Mickey G. Nall

MAMC

1982

J. Keith Moyer

JOU

1977

Terry B. Van Nortwick

PUR, MAMC

1970, 1977

W. Bradford Todd

ADV

1970

Jean H. Zimmerman

ADV

1968

*Deceased

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HALL OF FAME 2014

2010 F. Norm Davis

JOU

1952

Marcie F. Ersoff

JOU

1958

Allison L. Johnson

PUR

1983

Rick J. Hirsch

JOU

1980

Jeffry J. Klinkenberg

JOU

1971

Allyson F. Park

PUR

1996

Clifford E. Marks

ADV

1984

Kirsten Prebianca Flanik

ADV

1989

Cynthia McCague

JOU

1972

2015

Essdras M. Suarez

JOU

1993

Cynthia L. Barnett

JOU, MAMC

1989, 2003

Danny Wuerffel

PUR

1996

Fabiola D. Santiago

JOU

1983

Ann Marie Smith

PUR, MAMC

1982, 1985

ADV

1982

2011 Mitchell J. Habib

ADV

1982

Joe O. Zubizarreta

Louis “Skip” M. Perez

JOU

1969

2016

Sara Sidner

TEL

1995

Charles N. Davis

PH.D

1995

Julie Silver Talendfeld

TEL

1984

Adrian J. Dennis

JOU

1993

Erin B. Hart

JOU

1991

John M. Antonio Jr.

TEL

1989

Gale V. King

PUR

1983

Samantha H. Avivi

ADV

1995

2017

Rob Cherof

ADV

1982

Sandor Z. Bondorowsky

TEL

1992

Katherine M. Green

TEL

1983

Amy S. Burnett Gravina

PUR, MAMC

1976, 1978

Aminda “Mindy” Marques Gonzalez

JOU

1986

Rosemary Goudreau O’Hara

JOU

1976

Marilyn Tubb

MAMC

1972

Robert E. McClure III

JOU

1982

2012

2013

2018

Jonathan E. Adams

ADV

1991

Erin J. Andrews

TEL

2000

T. Christine Ahearn

TEL

1981

Judy DeRango Wicks

MAMC

1984

Michael A. Bianchi

JOU

1985

Marnie Kain Cacossa

ADV

1989

Paul T. Castronovo

TEL

1984

Charles D. Tobin

JOU

1984

Cindy Schaap Kane

ADV

1979

Debra L. Leithauser

JOU

1992

Richard W. Schneider

TEL

1984

Susan L. Spencer-Wendel

MAMC

1991*

Louis T. Young

TEL

1974

*Deceased

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RUTH AND RAE O. WEIMER WINNERS The College’s Highest Student Award 1974 Randy Bellows

1988 Sheridan Malickson Gibbons

1975 Christine Kamitsis Sykes

1989 Juan Armando Borras

1976 Celeste Calvitto

1990 Tina Conte

1977 David Smith

1991 Karl Sanders

1978 Sheryl Garelick

1992 Bobby Bastarache

1979 Dianna Peterson

1993 Betty Cortina-Weiss

1980 Melissa Lammers

1994 Sarah Greer Osborne

1981 Patrick Cronin

1995 Edie (Edythe) Gross Evans

1982 Kathryn Fogle Hart

Walter Szalva

Robyn Goulding Sieron

Elizabeth Hill Semrau

Ann Macari Healey

1996 Jodie Needle Morris

1983 Catherine Smith Harwood

1997 Michelle Derrow Tauber

1998 Heather Shadbolt Whitley

Michael Szymanski

1984 MaryAnn Golon

1999 Alisson Burke Clark

1985 Katherine Kreh

1986 Tana Van Dyke Silva

2000 Allyson Beutke DeVito

1987 Janice Innis-Thompson

Nia Jones Mathis Jamie Malernee Boyd

FIRST WEIMER WINNER Randy Bellows B.S. Journalism 1974 Circuit Court Judge for the 19th Judicial Circuit

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RUTH AND RAE O. WEIMER WINNERS The College’s Highest Student Award 2001 Shannon Colavecchio

2009 Tim Hussin

2002 Kristin Harmel

Sarah Criser

Candace Holland

Corinne Simon

2003 Faiza Rahman

2010 Miles Doran

2011 Jamie Daigle

Christina D’Elosua Lambert

2004 Cody Swann

Katherine Sanders

2005 Arundhati Tankhiwale

Lauren Gispanski

2006 Jeremy Katzman

Shelimar (Sheli) Muniz

Lindsay Blanding Day

2012 Christopher Peralta

Ashley Zandy

Kristen Strobel

2007 Bridget Carey

2013 Steven Gallo

Iliana Espineira

2014 Lauren Rautenkranz Guam

Lisa Johnson Kiefer

2015 Chad Furst

2008 Melissa Garcia

2016 Nicole Del Castillo

Elizabeth Hillaker Downs

2017 Caitlin Switalski

Melissa Jacobs

Aaron Zeiler

2018 Andrew Briz

THIS YEAR’S WEIMER WINNER Andrew Briz B.S. Telecommunication 2018 News Apps Developer, Politico

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COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION DEAN

STAFF ADMINISTRATION

Diane McFarlin

Randy Bennett Executive Director, External Relations

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION Spiro Kiousis Executive Associate Dean Debbie Treise Senior Associate Dean, Division of Graduate Studies and Research

Margaret Gaylord Senior Director, Advancement and Alumni Relations Katrice Graham Director, Knight Division for Scholarship, Career Services and Multicultural Affairs

Mike Weigold Associate Dean, Undergraduate Affairs and Enrollment Management

Andy Hopson Executive Director, The Agency

Tom Kelleher Chair, Department of Advertising

Mira Lowe Director, Innovation News Center

Ted Spiker Chair, Department of Journalism

Jeff Pole Director of Finance

Marcia DiStaso Chair, Department of Public Relations

Randy Wright Executive Director, Division of Media Properties

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Dave Ostroff Chair, Department of Telecommunication

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Frank LoMonte Director, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information

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CENTER LEADERSHIP

RETIRED AND EMERITUS FACULTY

FULL-TIME FACULTY ADVERTISING

PUBLIC RELATIONS

DEANS

Tom Kelleher, Chair Jordan Alpert Huan Chen Carla Fisher Robyn Goodman Benjamin Johnson Janice Krieger Jon D. Morris Cynthia Morton-Padovano Bienvenido Torres Debbie Treise Michael Weigold Dan Windels* Kasey Windels

Marcia DiStaso, Chair Natalie Asorey Carma Bylund Ann Christiano Mary Ann Ferguson Pat Ford* Linda Hon Myiah Hutchens Kathleen Kelly Spiro Kiousis Moon Lee Rita Men Mickey Nall Deanna Pelfrey

Terry Hynes• Ralph Lowenstein•

JOURNALISM Ted Spiker, Chair Cynthia Barnett Moni Basu Ted Bridis Clay Calvert Sandra Chance Mike Foley John Freeman Joanna Hernandez Sri Kalyanaraman John Kaplan Norman Lewis Frank LoMonte Herb Lowe Melinda McAdams Ronald Rodgers Matt Sheehan Bernell Tripp Frank Waddell Kim Walsh-Childers Wayne Wanta

TELECOMMUNICATION David Ostroff, Chair James Babanikos Sylvia Chan-Olmsted Roxane Coche Amy Jo Coffey Eric Esterline Yu-Hao Lee Mark Leeps Michael Leslie Jasmine McNealy Churchill Roberts Jieun Shin Timothy Sorel Houston Wells John W. Wright Iman Zawahry

GRADUATE AND RESEARCH DIVISION Yulia Strekalova

AT-LARGE Jim Harrison

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ADVERTISING Lisa Duke Cornell Joseph Pisani John Sutherland• Elaine Wagner•

JOURNALISM Dave Carlson Lester Carson Bill F. Chamberlin• Jean C. Chance• Julie Dodd Kurt Kent• Benton Patterson Jon Roosenraad• Jo Anne Smith Leonard Tipton• Edward Weston•

PUBLIC RELATIONS James W. Anderson Glenn A. Butler Frankie A. Hammond Robert L. Kendall• Juan-Carlos Molleda• James L. Terhune

TELECOMMUNICATION Charles Burke• Johanna Cleary• Hank Conner• Frank Counts• Sidney H. Pactor• F. Leslie Smith• Edward L. Wells• •Emeritus *Visiting faculty

FORMER DEANS

Rae O. Weimer Director: 1949 -1967 Dean: 1967 -1968

John Paul Jones, Jr. 1968 - 1976

Terry Hynes 1994 - 2007

Ralph Lowenstein 1976 - 1994

John Wright 2007 - 2013

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INVESTMENTS

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ver the past 50 years, donor gifts have been critical in providing students with world-class experiences and helping the College establish a national reputation. They have provided students with the financial means to take advantage of new opportunities, offered the

College the ability to hire renowned faculty, provided technology necessary to ensure students are prepared for a rapidly changing media environment, and much more.

Three gifts over the past five decades, in particular, have been defining for the future of the College.

Starting in 1981, Joseph and Marion Brechner provided funds to establish the Brechner Eminent Scholar Chair, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, Brechner Research Fellowship and the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information. The First Amendment Project is dedicated to contemporary issues affecting the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, thought, assembly and petition. The Brechner Center advances understanding, appreciation and support for freedom of information and to foster open government and a participatory democracy. These investments have made it possible for the College to become a national leader in First Amendment, freedom of the press and freedom of information scholarship and advocacy.

The Jerry and Judy Davis Communication Technology fund, established in 1996, is a gift that has had a tremendous impact on the College. The fund allows our students to use the latest technology, making them uniquely suited to “plug and play” when they enter the marketplace. Our labs and workspaces can be updated on a schedule that keeps pace with technology, unlike some peer institutions whose faculty and students must work on computers and software that are woefully out of date. The College would not be able to provide unparalleled immersion experiences to students without this support. The Davis’ also donated $21 million to UF toward cancer research and care.

The Alvin G. and Effie D. Flanagan Endowment Fund, established in 2000, has enabled the College to provide state-of-the-art broadcast facilities and enhance immersion experiences for our students.

The fund also supports salaries for the director of the Innovation News Center and director of Consumer Media Research, equipment upgrades that benefit both students and the community, expanded space for operations, and financial support for graduate students and faculty development.

These and other gifts during our first 50 years have established a foundation of excellence. The College’s path to preeminence will require additional significant gifts. Future gifts will cement our position as the top communication program in the country.

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ALMA MATER

Florida, our Alma Mater Thy glorious name we praise All thy loyal sons and daughters A joyous song shall raise Where palm and pine are blowing Where southern seas are flowing Shine forth thy noble Gothic walls Thy lovely vine clad halls ‘Neath the Orange and Blue victorious Our love shall never fail There’s no other name so glorious All hail, Florida, hail.

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