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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Alumni at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Newsletters by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. e COLUMBIA COLLEGE re e CHICAGO NO.7/WINTEH 1993

A tri-annual publication for the Alumni, Friends, Faculty and Staff of Columbia College Chicago

ROOMS WITH A VIEW Columbia College Acquires Its First Residence Hall

Columbia has acquired the land­ mark Lakeside Lofts building at 731 S. Plymouth Court and will convert it into the college's first residence hall, Columbia president Dr. John B. Duff announced. The nine-story, 158,000 sq. ft. former printing plant in the historic Printers Row neighborhood, located three blocks from Colum­ bia's South Loop campus, was designed by noted architect Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1895 and converted into 96 luxury loft apartments in 1984. It will house over 300 Columbia students begin­ ning in September. "With the purchase of this classic Chicago building and its conversion to residence hall space, Columbia College is poised to enter an exciting new phase in its rich and remarkable history," Duff said. 'The educational opportunities in the arts, media and communica­ tions that we currently provide to a mainly commuter population can now be further extended to our growing numbers of out-of-state and international students." Each fully-furnished 1100 sq. ft. suite will house four students and will include two bedrooms, a living area, study area, kitchen, dining area, bathroom, 12 foot high ceilings and oversized windows and closets. Kitchens (See DORM, page 2.)

Columbia's new residence hall at 731 5. Plymouth Court, only three blocks away from the campus. (DORM, Continued.) are equipped with a large refrigerator, freezer, dish­ washer, and full-size range. The college is considering setting aside some floors as single-sex and others as "scholars only" floors with noise restrictions, Duff said. A percentage of space will also be set aside for scholarship students at a discounted rate. Commercial space located on the first two floors of the building will be converted into rooms for recreation and edu­ cational support such as a learning resource center, computer lab, student lounge, "The educational oppartunities .. .that we currently prollide to a mainly commuter population can naw be game room and rehearsal further extended to our growing numbers of out-of-state and international students," said President John Duff. space. Duff said that although the Columbia Acquires Production college currently assists out­ of-state and international stu­ Equipment of Major dents in locating housing, Recording Complex none of that housing is as con­ veniently located as the new Columbia College has acquired houses two complete film mix residence hall, which will more than $1 million in sound pro­ suites, a video post production place students in a secure duction and recording equipment suite which is one of the most ad­ neighborhood within a three from the Zenith/dB recording com­ vanced in the city, a 24-track music minute walk to the main plex, 676 N. LaSalle Street. The recording studio, two voice-over campus. In addition to out-of­ college has also agreed to lease the and production rooms, and full state students, a number of entire recording facility for a seven transfer and dubbing facilities. students who currently year period (with a three year Jones said that with the addition of commute long distances to option) and will convert it into the lab space, the department will Columbia are also expected to classroom and lab space for the now be able to house all of its be interested in the dorm. At a college's sound program, according sound classes under one roof. recent college open house, 134 to Doug Jones, program director. AI Parker, chair of the radio/ prospective students signed The 14,000 sq. ft. facility, which sound department, described the up to receive information will be renamed the Columbia acquisition as one of the most about the facility. College Audio Technology Center, exciting developments in the de­ partment's history. "It will enable us to give our sound and radio students almost unlimited access to a leading production facility that has been used by a number of award-winning producers and directors in the television and film industry. Our students will not only be able to do post-production work of the highest quality, they'll also be able to explore a wide range of acoustical problems and solu­ tions and learn how to do mainte­ nance on some of the most sophis­ ticated machines in existence. This acquisition says to the current or prospective sound student that if you want to get a job in the business - to learn the needs of the Lily Maso, a junior saund engineering major, and Mike Kravchuck, a senior sound engineering major, at industry - come to Columbia." Columbia's Audio Technology Center on LaSalle Street. page two New Board Members Join Columbia

Columbia has elected eleven new members to its board of trustees

They are: Pilar Bautista, media relations repre­ sentative for Amoco Corporation.

Robert L Otapman, founder, president and chief executive officer of Proliance Companies, a property casualty insurance company.

Madeleine K.B. Condit, principal in the Kom/Ferry international executive search firm.

Frank Heffron, president and chief executive officer of Major League Baseball International and former chairman of the finance committee of the United States Olympic Team.

Sir Simon Hornby, chairman of W .H. Smith, one of the world's largest chains of bookstores.

Michael E. Jackson, vice president for operations of the Chicago Branch of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpo­ ration Limited and president of Colum­ bia's Alumni Association.

Dr. Katherine Keough, associate dean and chair of the department of education at Xavier University in Cincinnati, and writer and co-host of "AIDS in the Public School," an award-winning PBS special.

Paul G. Marks, chancellor of the Mas­ sachusetts Higher Education Coordinating Council.

Gordon J. McOendon, vice president of Saul, Stone and Company, a commodi­ ties dealer .

Richard Wehman, president of Ster­ ling/Kay-E! Company, a Chicago manufacturer of precast concrete prod­ ucts.

Robert A. Wislow, chairman of the board of U.S. Equities.

Ptnd G. Msulcs Robert A Wislow page three What's News... Departmental News: Columbia to Train at other colleges nationwide, it will evaluate its current offerings and Interpreters for the be unique in its emphasis on pro­ continue the search for new ways to viding students with practical meet the needs of its constituency." Hearing-Impaired hands-on interpreting experience, Columbia has been awarded an its wide range of electives in social Not many dancers can say that $80,(XX) grant by the Illinois Depart­ sciences, humanities and multi­ their repertoire includes pieces on ment of Rehabilitation Services to cultural studies, and its focus on the ozone layer, the periodic table or create the state's first four-year community involvement and com­ the formation of a water molecule undergraduate program to train munity resources for the hearing­ and table salt. But youngsters at interpreters for the hearing- impaired," he said. Chicago's "Stairway of the Stars" impaired. · In addition to the four-year Dance Studio wl,.o have been The program, which will begin in program, a concentration in inter­ collaborating with Columbia's fall1993 under the auspices of the preter training will be offered to Institute for Science Education and English department, will offer com­ students who have chosen majors in Science Communications can. The prehensive training in American other disciplines. The program will African-American children, ages 10 Sign Language, integrated field also include courses designed to to 15, study scientific concepts and work in interpreting skills, sign-to­ enhance the professional develop­ then communicate their newfound voice interpreting, an interpreting ment of interpreters who are knowledge through dance, choreo­ practicum, a placement service and already practicing in the field. graphed by Columbia College a range of electives in psychology, The English department currently student Heidi Baumann. sociology and multi-cultural has two part-time faculty members, The troupe has so far performed studies. one of them deaf, who teach at sites throughout Chicagoland, "We believe this program will not courses in American Sign Lan­ including Lake Forest College, the only provide comprehensive inter­ guage. The department will hire a Museum of Science and Industry, preting services to the deaf commu­ full-time faculty coordinator to the Adler Planetarium and various nity, but will also prepare students direct the program and will set up a teachers' workshops. Video tapes for careers as sign interpreters for laboratory/resource center of their performances have been the deaf," said Dr. Philip Klukoff, equipped to handle a projected shown all over the world at scien­ English department chair. '1n student enrollment of 30-40 stu­ tific conferences and cultural events. particular, there is a critical need for dents per year. more minority interpreters for the The advising department's new deaf, and the college will make a Among the new projects and ac­ orientation brochure "Explore special effort to attract minority tivities funded by Columbia's 1990- Columbia" won first place for Best students into the program from 95 Title III Grarit is the development Orientation Handbook in the high schools, two-year colleges, and of new courses in Black Music National Orientation Directors the Chicago community at large." Studies. The new curriculum will Association's publication contest. There are approximately 26,100 include such classes as Folk Music people out of a general population Spirituals and Gospel Music, Black of three million people in the Popular Music in America, The Jazz Chicago area who are deaf and Tradition and Black Classical Music potentially in need of interpreting and Musicians. services. Studies also suggest that Faculty News: there are only 105 freelance inter­ Columbia's Graduate School was City Stoop Press, comprised of preters currently working in the recently admitted into the Council English department faculty members Chicago area, a disproportionately of Graduate Schools, a Washington Karen Lee Osborne, Fred Gardaphe small number of whom are minor­ D.C.-based organization whose and George Bailey, recently won a ity. Moreover, with the passing of current membership comprises 401 1992 Gregory Kolovakos Seed Grant several recent pieces of federal universities and colleges in the U.S. Award from the Council of Literary legislation, including the Americans and Canada that have significant in­ Magazines and Presses. The money with Disabilities Act, there will be volvement in graduate education. will help fund City Stoop's next title, an increasing demand for interpret­ "Recognition by the Council of South Side Stories (edited by English ing services in many different social Graduate Schools is an honor that faculty member Steve Bosak). The sectors. will allow Columbia to receive press publishes short fiction repre­ Klukoff said that the program national exposure and technical as­ senting the diversity of voices under will be the only interpreter training sistance," said Graduate School the regional theme of Chicago. program in downtown Chicago. Dean Lya Dym Rosenblum. Works published thus far are New "Although the program will in "Professional networking is at the Chicago Stories and West Side some ways resemble those offered -,..,re of an institution's ability to Stories. pt~ge fuur Kudos...

Playwright-in-residence Paul Carter Harrison is the recipient of a 1992 Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Commission for his operetta "Goree Crossing." The new work, composed by New York composer Olu Dura, will premiere at the Pegasus Theater during its 1993-94 season under the direction of Douglas Turner Ward, artistic director of the nationally acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company in New York. Following the initial per­ formances, the operetta will travel November 13. 1992 to Saint Louis, Atlanta, San Fran­ f>l'fTO J}f; UAb cisco and New York. ~~- 1111\f!K GIERSZEWSKI 5500.00 Jane Ganet Sigel, director of the FIYE..HVND8EO and oo; Dance/Movement Therapy Pro­ 100 gram, is preparing to go to China as the educational ambassador and guest of Beijing Normal University. She will be lecturing and conduct­ ing experimental workshops. Her Mark Gierszews/ci (center) was first place winner in the Chicago Hilton & Towers' holiday card design teaching and method of body competition. Shown with Mark, from left, are Hilton general manager Gary Siebert, seamd prize winner awareness has already been Dll'Did Stepen, Columbia president Dr. John Duff, and third prize winner Agnes Ibarrientos. featured in newspapers and magazines in mainland China. Students in the Creative Strate­ video department's fall screening, gies in Advertising Design class you might have found some clues. Pulitzer Prize-winning photogra­ last fall competed to design a holi­ Ten film & video students were phy faculty member John White day card for the Chicago Hilton & given Outstanding Achievement was one of five journalists to Towers. Mark Gierszewski won awards by a professional jury. conduct the Freedom Forum's 1992 first prize. The Hilton sent cards Three works were selected in the Photography Seminar in Eastern with his design to 2,000 of its screenwriting category: ''My New Europe last autumn, titled "Shar­ corporate customers. Second prize Roommate" by Narimon Atibaed; ing the Visions, Photojournalism in winner was David Stepen and ''The Evil Threat Among Us" by the U.S.A." His first speech was at third prize winner was Agnes Daniel Callahan; and ''The Ro­ the University of Moscow. He also lbarrientos. mantics" by Steve Danielson. The spoke with and studied the work of three winning works selected from students and journalists in Prague, Each year hundreds of photo the editing category were ''Woven Czechoslovakia, Warsaw, Poland students from across the U.S. apply Paths" by Louis Anastas; "Roman­ and Budapest, Hungary--acquaint­ to the Eddie Adams Workshop, a tic Block" by Andrew Ryann; and ing them all with Columbia College prestigious, four-day, round-the­ "Aging Bull" by Doug Sawyer. Chicago! clock photojournalism seminar in Two cinematography awards were upstate New York. Out of the 836 given for ''The Collector" by Anne Fiction writing instructor Gary that applied in 1992, 100 were Northrup and ''My New Room­ Johnson's radio documentary accepted - six of whom were from mate" by Tristan Gros, Scott "Gramma Elsie" has been picked Columbia College: James Cottle, Rodgers and Oral User. up by the national radio documen­ Laurie Essig, Laura Jamow, Paul tary series "Soundprint'' (distrib­ Vozdic, Yvette Dostatni and WCRX-FM celebrated its lOth an­ uted to 111 markets). His oral James Linehan. niversary on the air this fall. Co­ history I documentary focuses on lumbia's student-run radio station his 86-year-old grandmother Elsie What kinds of films are the has the potential of reaching three Fay Johnson, and was originally Steven Spielbergs and John Hughes million Chicago area listeners, and produced for WBEZ-FM (Chicago's of tomorrow making? What kinds can now boast of training future NPR affiliate) and the Chicago of films will receive Emmy and DJs, news and sports talents, pro­ Community Trust's "Chicago Mat­ Oscar awards in the next five or 10 grammers and producers for over a ters" project. years? If you attended the film & decade!

pt~ge fi'De The Michael Merritt Endowment Fund

The performing arts commu­ students played a major role in nity lost one of its greatest talents the enhancement of our curricu­ when Michael Merritt suc­ lum," said Sheldon Patinkin, cumbed to cancer. He was an chair of the theater /music de­ extraordinary set designer for partment. ''He was constantly over one hundred productions, looking for new and better ways including "Glengarry Glen of communicating to the Ross," "Oleanna," "Awake and students and inspiring them." Sing," and "House of Games." Recently, an endowment fund He worked with such noted was established to perpetuate the artists as David Mamet and legacy of Michael Merritt Arthur Miller. through an annual student schol­ Michael will be greatly missed arship award and professional by Columbia, where he taught in designer award. Many gifts the theater department for have already been received; for several years. "His intelligence, more information, call creativity and concern for (312) 663-1600, ext. 522. Michael Wesley Merritt 1945 - 1992

News from the Planning and Placement Office

The career planning and placement and education journalist who works A Little Survey Goes A office seeks Columbia graduates in with alumni in journalism, marketing Long Way! all fields to serve as resources to communication, English, fiction students, provide job and internship writing and management careers. To The response to the leads, and participate on panels at reach her or other advisors, call alumni survey has been career-related events. Alumni par­ (312) 663-1600, ext. 280. outstanding! Over 700 ticipation as employer representa­ surveys have been returned tives would be especially welcome in with more coming in each the school's Arts and Communica­ Alumni seeking career advance­ day. Your confidential in­ tion Career Fair for Minority Stu­ ment in the radio broadcast field are formation and comments dents planned for April16. To encouraged to check our job board are very important to the become a part of the alumni network, listings. At the beginning of the year, college. With this informa­ please indicate so in the "What's approximately 50 job openings at tion, we can build a stronger News With You?" coupon on page radio stations throughout the Mid­ program for Columbia's 10 and send it to the alumni relations west were posted. The job leads - students. If you haven't office. for positions ranging from on-air returned your survey yet, talent to promotions and sales - are please take a moment to do the result of an especially successful so. Your opinions really The planning and placement office mailed solicitation of stations. Other matter. has recently hired a new career types of employers are being consid­ advisor, Paula Eubanks, a business ered for future mail solicitations.

page six Alunmi board members recently gathered for a holiday dinner at the home of Alunmi Association presi­ dent Michael Jackson. Also attending to meet the board were Colum­ bia's new president Dr. John Duff and wife Estelle Shanley.

(L-R) Sue Tipton, board member Rlzy Saleh, and board parliamentarian Dare Tipton

(L-R) Christine Mach, Estelle Shanley, Columbia College president Dr. john Duff, and board member Michael Mach

Dear Fellow Alumni: Frequently noted in this newsletter and in other publications of the college is the dramatic growth in enrollment that has taken place over the past decade. Less often remarked is the consequent increase in the number of Columbia alumni who are out making their mark on the world. In 1982, Columbia could claim 3,100 alumni; today, that number exceeds 13,000.

You and other alumni are a vital college resource, and for the first time in Columbia's history, that importance has been recognized by the election of the president of the alumni association to the Columbia College Board of Trustees. My election as a trustee took place on November 5th, and I look forward to representing alumni interests, particularly in the area of academic and student affairs. I will keep you informed through this column of policy issues that affect the college's students and alumni.

I'm pleased to tell you that Columbia's new president, Dr. John Duff, has also indicated he will pay close attention to the interests of college alumni. I recently hosted a dinner at which Dr. Duff heard firsthand from alumni association board members their thoughts on a range of college issues. He expressed a sincere interest in helping to ensure that the needs and opinions of the alumni are heard at both administrative and board levels.

Finally, my thanks to the more than 700 alumni who responded to the first mailing of the alumni survey. Those of you who didn't respond have a second chance; a copy of the survey is enclosed with this issue of RE. The more we know about you and your concerns, the better we can serve you. I thank you for your interest and support of Columbia College. Sincerely, d v'~ {k~ ael . ckson, I Prest ent, Columbia Co e Alumni Association

page seven • AI u m n I No t e s

'53 '76 '85 Bill Eubank, better known around Chicago as Juanita Bratcher is the publisher and editor of Lisa Kaczor is a general assignment reporter "Billy Bumble" the Oown, has been inducted Copyline magazine and author of the soon-to­ for WLUC-TV in Marquette, Mich... Michelle into the World Oown Hall of Fame and the be-released book Harold: The Making of a Big Weinberg is an attorney and has started her Midwest Oown Hall of Fame. He's been City Mayor... Eileen Hogan Heineman is the own practice. downing for 15 years... Louis LaVigne is a principal of St. Gertrude School in Skokie. The father of six and grandfather of ten. His varied school was recently commended for its strong career has taken him from copywriting to ad­ language arts program ... Chris Mitts has left '86 vertising and marketing and running his own WGO-AM and joined WBBM-AM as an account Anthony Kremer of Las Vegas is the president business. He is currently an assistant store executive. and technical producer of Kinetic Productions, manager for Edison Bros. Stores Inc./ Big and which specializes in ENG video production. He Tall Shops. also freelances as an audio technician for many '78 cable tv boxing events and the Jerry Lewis Robert Charles Carner directed his first Telethon ...Jerome Mark Mikulich is the chief '69 feature length film, "A Killer Among Friends," engineer I producer for Pia yroom Recording Larry Wayne Lauer, a.k.a "Strange Wayne," is starring Patty Duke. He was also a co-writer on Studio. He recently completed work with a morning air personality for KGOT radio in the film. Mercury/Polygram artist Lidell Townsell and Anchorage, Alaska and operates a home studio. also produces for Chicago-based Oubhouse He recently completed narration on a new Records and Fly Records America ...Paul Mpis­ Alaska video postcard. Previous postcards have '80 tolarides is a producer for Linger Group Pro­ won New York CINE awards. Robert Allen of Chicago has started his own ductions. He produces "Speedweek," the law firm, Tamvakis & Allen. weekly show on auto racing for ESPN, and runs his own Betacam service. .. Rusty Silber is a '70 sports writer for the Waukegan News-Sun. He Dan Laffey of Ontario, Canada has won two '82 also hosts the cable show "Sports," covering national awards for his news camera work from Jim Nge is~ video communications director high school and college athletics. the Canadian Society of Cinematography. He is for Harcourt, Brace, Jovanivich, where he employed as an ENG camera person for Global prepares video tapes for law school graduates in Television. preparation for the bar exam... Bob Worthington '87 is the host of Unistar Radio Network's "Solid John Netherly is studying to be a licensed Gold Saturday Nite." The show was nominated funeral director and embalmer at the Worsham '71 by Billboard magazine as the Nationally Syndi­ College of Mortuary Science. He is also a newly James D. Schiller of Chicago is the president cated Radio Program of the Year for the 5th ordained deacon at Metropolitan Missionary of Digitall, Inc., a post-production company that consecutive year. Baptist Church in Chicago. ..Timothy Pfeiffer is does music, commercial, video, and voice overs. a surgical-media specialist for Loyola Medical Center. He recently received a first place award '83 from the National Association for the Care of '72 Karen Fishman has won the 1992 Elynore D. Children's Health for his tape "Understanding Wayne Crawford has been appointed to a Mesirow Creativity Award from the Publicity Spina Bifida -The School Age Child." tenure track position in the department of Oub of Chicago. The award was for a program English at Western lllinois University. for Dean Foods which included the song "Ballad of the Billboard Birds". ..Peter Wagner played an '88 umpire in the movie "A League of Their Own" Lee Bey is a reporter for the Chicago Sun­ '74 which starred Madonna and Gina Davis. When Times and teaches news reporting at Jay Boersma, a professor at Governors State he's not acting he freelances as a professional Columbia. .. Martin Gessl is pursuing a graduate University, has developed a national reputation sports photographer. degree in marketing at UIC. He is currently for his photography. Several of his pieoes are selling real estate and teaching a karate class at included in the permanent collection at the Art Columbia. .. Cary Noren, who wrote and Institute of Chicago. He is currently planning a '84 produced promos for WFLD-TV in Chicago, has show in New York. .. Eric Futran was awarded Eileen Hildebrand was recently promoted to the International Association of Business corporate photographer at the Enesco corpora­ Communicators' Silver Quill Award of tion, which specializes in giftware.. .William Excellence for Feature Photography. Several of Richter recently joined Lenoir-Rhyne College as his photos were used in the opening audio­ assistant professor of communication... Phillip visual presentation at the Democratic National Solomonson has been named assistant director Convention in New York. He has also for marketing and development at Sangamon completed work on his fifth cookbook and is State University... David Spearman is a teacher already working on his next two. .. Mark Ludwig at Sojouner Truth Elementary School as well as a is presently employed as a camera operator on freelance camera operator for WCFC-TV, the television series "Civil Wars," a Steven Channel38 and the City of Chicago cultural Bochco production for 20th Century Fox. He events for WCW-TV, Channel21/49. has also worked on the television series "Twin Peaks" and the motion picture "The Last Boy Scout." Peter Wllgner, '83

pllge eight '90 Gregory Brown plans to graduate from Gov­ Otristi Caller-Times. She will primarily cover ernors State University this spring... political stories... Diane Weyermann had her Pete Cherwin opened his own photography documentary "Moscow Women" aired on studio and color lab in Aurora. He recenijy WTTW, Otannelll. The film was selected as photographed an automobile for Car Craft the best documentary film in the regional magazine ... Angela Doll, a.k.a. Alex Thompson, academy awards by the Motion Picture has been playing locally with her band "Vertigo Academy of Arts & Sciences and was recently in Children" - which she calls an alternative yet screened at the International Documentary Film accessible rock group... Tricia Fumett is the Festival in Amsterdam and the Film Festival of Oticago area research assistant for M1V Net­ International Cinema Students in Tokyo... Otis works. She also plans to marry Jeff Mladic. '91, Williams, president and dean of the Love & whom she met while at Columbia... Roger Faith Mission, also heads the "Men on Mission" Jansen is the new owner of the Avalon Nite sports & amusement park cormcil where Co­ Oub in Oticago. At 24, he is the yormgest club lumbia students are welcome to play basketball owner in the city. Under his ownership the club and volleyball. has worked with national acts such as Echo & the Brmnymen, Izzy Stradlin, and EMF... Julie Lennon loves her new position as production '92 coordinator for the Impact Division of Foote, Judith Hurwich of Chicago won a certificate Cone & Belding. ..Sue Malinowski is the new of merit for her film "1he Bridge Oub" which assistant production manager at Northwest was recently screened at the Music Box Samira Robinson, '89 Teleproductions... Rex Robinson is now a photo­ Theater... Kara Kane has moved to Tucson, journalist for the Reporter Newspapers where where she is exploring the southwest region and relocated to Los Angeles. He now freelances for he started out as a stringer... Lori Lynn Zaitz is working as an accormt coordinator for Zimmer­ Warner Bros., Fox and the Disney employed by Walt Disney Studios as assistant to man & Associates. In her position she works Otannel...Shelley Flannery-Pasma, after a ten­ with political campaigns and small business p.r. year career in broadcast engineering, went back '91 and advertising.. . Carol Luat has appeared in to college and received a master's in cormseling both Wisdom Bridge's and Halsted Thea'ter Bernard Burrell has moved back to Britain psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity Centre's production of "Madame Butterfly." where he is a freelance writer and hosts a School...Jeff Salenger is an accormt executive She also acted in "Light in the Heart of the weekly show on the United Kingdom's only for Sprint Publishing & Advertising.. .Mary Dragon" at Chicago's Theater Building and has international radio station, Spectrum. He Skawski is happily employed as a graphic composed music for an NBC pilot with Second encourages any alums passing through to con­ designer for Nall ... Barbara Yonan is keeping Gty... Sue Sentowski is the director of affiliate tact him for a free tour of London ... Thomas busy as an illustrator for Neiman Marcus, Saks relations for MediaTracks Comrnrmications. Fifth A venue, Fairmont Hotel and the Srmday Conizadi is a top accormt executive for Pioneer The company produces a public affairs program Oticago Tribrme, just to name a few. Press Newspapers and brokers advertising for called "Radio Health Journal." the Srm-Times Co. He also planning to marry Kim Bacon, '89, this year... Dave Evans is the '89 new associate producer for the Library Cable Kimberly Bacon, a computer graphics artist Network in Naperville... Dina Giobbia is a for Pioneer Press, is involved in the conversion production assistant for Business Commrmica­ of traditional layout process to state-of-the-art tions Review magazine ... Lisa Gironda is a full­ Macintosh publishing ... Rick Cruz has returned time theater teacher for Mother McAuley High to Oticago and opened Rave Recording Studios School, where she also graduated in '85... Alan with three friends. He is the studio manager Grimm is a freelance cinematographerI and chief engineer.. .Albert Linschoten, a.k.a. AI videographer and recently completed work on Joseph, is an on-air talent for WCGO radio talk "Little Cupcakes, Big Cheese" ... Colleen Hallo­ show and news... Steven McKinney is an ran is currently a guest artist for Columbia's accormt executive with WSSD radio in Chicago. student choreographic workshop, of which she He is also working on two shows for the was also a summer scholarship recipient. She is station.. . Samira Watson-Robinson edits and a featured choreographer for Link's Hall writes for the Catholic Charities newsletter production of "Next Generation Project" ... Elise "Forever Free." She also works on special Dubois-LeGrand has been working as an events planning and frmdraising for the assistant editor for The Nursing Spectrum, a Women's Board... Stephan Rose is the head of publication for registered nurses. Last year she corporate sales for the Daily Planet Ltd. which received a first place Gold Circle award from specializes in corporate, broadcast and music Columbia University for her essay which ap­ Roger Jansen, '90, (right) with Joe Lynn Turner of videos and documentaries. peared in Columbia College's Hair Trigger Deep Purple 13.. .Joyce Littleton is the new production manager of the Wednesday Journal, Forest Park Review and Oticago Parent newsmagazine... Deceased Jacqui Podzius, after a year with the Associated Marie L. Jones '53 Press, has relocated and writes for the Corpus McNeal Jones '86 Patricia Linder '87 Joseph J. Jadwick '88

page nine Dean of Students Hermann Conaway Dies Hermann Conaway, 45, dean of minority opportunity and human student and staff achievement and students at Columbia College Chi­ equality in education and in life." developed leadership, including an cago, died December 15 in St. ''Hermann's contributions to the annual luncheon for students with Joseph Hospital. Cause of death growth and development of the outstanding records in scholarship was a massive heart attack. Cona­ college were unequalled. As a and service, a program recognizing way had been a member of the colleague, he brought passionate employees with lengthy tenures, Columbia College staff since 1980, commitment to his task and an and, for the past two years, a first as assistant dean of student enthusiasm and energy that both student leadership conference. services and, beginning in 1981, as sustained and guided us during dean of students. He also taught in many difficult situations. He was a the management department. tireless advocate for students' In recognition of Hermann "Hermann Conaway was an rights, a leader in the higher Conaway's career achievements at invaluable member of our admini­ education community, and a Columbia, the faculty and staff stration whose commitment to the devoted friend of students every­ have established the Hermann Columbia College family was leg­ where," said executive vice presi­ Conaway Student Leadership endary," said president John B. dent and provost Bert Gall. Scholarship Fund, which will Duff. "He always had the time to Born in Mississippi in 1947, benefit students who show poten­ counsel a distressed student, assist Conaway moved to Chicago as a tial for leadership through their a colleague, or brighten a meeting child and graduated from Ken­ academic and extracurricular with his presence. He leaves a wood elementary school and Hyde activities. Open to applications legacy of compassionate and Park high school. He earned a from all students, the Conaway tireless work on behalf of our bachelor's degree in science and Scholarship Fund will be particu­ students and the entire college commerce from DePaul University larly sensitive to the needs of community." in 1976 and a master's degree in minorities. Mike Alexandroff, president public administration from Those wishing to continue Her­ emeritus, called Conaway's death Roosevelt University in 1978. Prior mann's important work at the "a tragic and irreparable loss for to joining Columbia, he was ad­ college may send contributions to the Columbia College community. ministrative manager of the North­ the Development Office, 600 S. He was a consummately talented western University Law School Michigan Avenue, Chicago, college administrator, a teacher of from 1976 to 1980. Illinois, 60605-1996, or call (312) rare quality and a respected and in­ Conaway initiated several pro­ 663-1600, ext. 522. fluential leader in the causes of grams at Columbia that recognized

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