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Honoring the 2011 Grady Fellowship And the Fellowship’s Sanford Circle

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Saluting Grady’s Global Reach

Thursday, November 17, 2011 www.grady.uga.edu Mahler Auditorium The Georgia Center for Continuing Education The University of Georgia Athens, Ga Grady College thanks these Generous supporters of The Grady Fellowship Tribute Evening IV

Menu q Salad European Field Green Salad with Crab Meat and Ginger-Oriental Sesame Dressing q Entrée Duo of Grilled Filet of Beef Tenderloin with Mushroom Ragout & Tuscon Grilled Salmon Marquis potatoes Grilled Asparagus Tomato Crown q Grady College Board of Trust Dessert Grady Society Alumni Board Mango Mousse Tribute IV Table Sponsors

E. Culpepper Clark, in honor of Robert VanLandingham Brenda Hampton Porter Novelli Turner Entertainment Networks UGA Alumni Association UGA School of Public and International Affairs By Grady, For Grady Program

From its inception with the Centennial Gala in 2008, the Welcome Grady Fellowship Tribute Evening has been made possible by the inspiration, volunteer efforts and E. Culpepper Clark generosity of Grady alumni, faculty, staff, students, Dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication sponsors and friends. People are our greatest product. Grady College appreciates you. Dinner and Entertainment Asura Producer Turkish Spoons Dance - Performed by FloorSpace Jody Danneman (ABJ ’88) Salute to Grady’s Global Reach Associate Producer Dean Clark Shannon Sullivan (ABJ ’10)

Executive Director The James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research Dr. Parker Middleton Professor Lee Becker, director

Event Management and Design Grady at Cannes Lions Advertising Festival Study Abroad Karen Andrews (ABJ ’03, MA ’11) Rachel Kusin, ABJ ’13, and Tommy McConnell, ABJ ’13

External Relations Team Travel Writing in Cambodia ’ ) Cecil Bentley, Joe Dennis (MA 07 , Brian Creech, MA ’10, Ph.D. ’13 Diane Murray (ABJ ’89), Shanna Sheats, Dr. Sherrie Whaley Grady at Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad Blake Mitchell, ABJ ’11, and Katie Sorrels, ABJ ’11 Fellowship Archives Cindi Johnson Grady’s International Alumni Jennifer Sloan, ABJ ’86, past president, Grady Alumni Board Student Hosts - the Grady Ambassadors and C. Richard Yarbrough interns Sword Dance Duo - FloorSpace Grady Ambassadors Brittany Biddy Bree Riley Honor Roll Call of the Grady Fellowship Helen Farmakis Emily Schwartz Alden Gish Maggie Siu And Inductions of 2011 Class Brittney Holmes Nathan Sorensen Eric Jones Katie Sorrels Dean Clark Blake Mitchell Serra Stalling Swann Seiler, ABJ ’78, president, Grady Board of Trust Ryan Monahan Ben Williamson Chris Jones, ABJ ’73, incoming president, Grady Board of Trust Brittany Nicholson Courtney Witt Francesca Pefianco Sarah Wormser Crissinda Ponder Lilly Workneh Special Presentation Katie Raines Dean Clark Yarbrough Interns Arielle D’Avanzo Closing Sarita Gandhi Grady Board of Trust The Grady Fellowship Beverly Blake Chris Jones (ABJ ’73) Gloria Ricks Taylor (ABJ ’66) John S. and James L. Verizon Wireless Consultant, Hearst The Board of Trust of the Henry W. Grady College Knight Foundation Corporation of Journalism and Mass Communication Brian Brodrick Jeff Jowdy (ABJ ’83) Kevin Riley congratulates The Grady Fellowship, the Jackson Spalding Lighthouse Counsel Atlanta Journal-Constitution members of which, by virtue of their

accomplishments, friendship and service are Pamela Browning Carrie Kurlander Susan Rosenberg members emeritus and honoris causa of the Trust. The Sun News Southern Company UPS Public Relations On behalf of the Grady Board of Trust, join me and the faculty, staff, students and alumni of the Grady Chip Caray (ABJ ’87) Tom Landrum (MA ’87) Dan A. Schafer Fox Sports South/ The University of Georgia Coca-Cola North America College in saluting each. SportsSouth

Jean Cobb (ABJ ’74) Melissa Libby (ABJ ’85) Swann Seiler (ABJ ’78) - E. Culpepper Clark, Dean Freebairn & Company Melissa Libby & Associates Georgia Power

Bill Crane (ABJ ’84) Brad MacAfee Brad Shaw C.S.I.: Crane Porter Novelli The Home Depot

Frank Denton Tim Mapes (ABJ ’86) Jennifer Sloan (ABJ ‘86) Florida Times Union Delta Air Lines York University The Honorable David Adelman (ABJ ´86) Jeff Gregor Burgett Mooney Mark Smith (ABJ ’66) Turner Entertainment Rome News-Tribune Smith Communications David Adelman serves as U.S. ambassa- Networks dor to Singapore. Adelman served as a Sherri Fallin Simmons Lauran Neergaard Sam Starnes (ABJ ’89) Georgia state senator from 2002 to 2010 (ABJ ’94) (ABJ ’89) Novelist—Journalist Duffey Communications Associated Press and as an Assistant Attorney General. For the past 20 years, he has worked Rex Granum (ABJ ’72) Dink NeSmith (ABJ ’70) Lauri Strauss Prism Public Affairs Community Atlanta Press Club with the national law firm Sutherland Newspapers, Inc. Asbill and Brennan LLP. During the Richard Griffiths Donald (Don) A. Perry Richard Warner 2005 session, Adelman authored and passed legislation crack- CNN (ABJ ’74) What’s Up Interactive ing down on cyberpredators, improving safety on public Chick-fil-A, Inc. transit and creating a “Share the Road” license tag with pro- Charles Hayslett (ABJ ’73) Jere Pigue Chris Wood ceeds to fund cycling programs. In the 2009 session, Adelman Hayslett Group Georgia Association (ABJ ’87, Ph.D ’06) introduced bills that would reform Georgia’s ethics in gov- of Broadcasters JWA Public Communications ernment laws and require electric power companies to invest Betty Hudson (ABJ ’71) Beth Polish Neely Young in renewable energy. He has taught political science classes National Geographic Hearst Corporation Georgia Trend Magazine Society for the UGA Honors Program and in 2010, he was the key- note speaker at UGA’s undergraduate and graduate summer John W. ‘Jay’ Jacobs, III Condace Pressley (ABJ ’86) JACOBS Media WSB Radio Commencement ceremony. Corporation

Brian Johnstone (ABJ ’68) Robin Rhodes Lockheed Martin Georgia Press Association The Grady Mission Ed Bastian Ed Bastian, keynote speaker at Grady’s The Grady College serves the state, nation and world by: 2011 spring and summer Convocation, 1) developing and disseminating knowledge about is president of Delta Air Lines and a communication institutions and the processes and role of member of the company’s board of di- mass communication in society; 2) preparing students to be critical thinkers and outstanding communication rectors. Bastian joined Delta in 1998 as professionals; and 3) creating and transferring knowledge vice president of finance and controller about mass communication that informs and serves the of Delta and was promoted to senior public, communication professionals, academics vice president in 2000. He left Delta in and policy makers. early 2005 to become senior vice presi- dent and chief financial officer of Acuity Brands. He returned to Delta in July 2005. Bastian has previously served as vice president of finance for Pepsi Cola International; vice presi- Grady Society Alumni Board dent of business processes reengineering for Frito-Lay; vice president, finance and controller for Frito-Lay International; and a partner in the New York audit practice of Price Wa- LeAnn Boucher (ABJ ‘98) Michael McCarroll (ABJ ‘00) Grey Dog Creative Community Newspapers Inc. terhouse. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Habitat for Humanity International and the Woodruff Arts Selwyn Crawford (ABJ ‘81) Eric NeSmith (ABJ ‘02) Center in Atlanta. Dallas Morning News The Highlander Conrad Fink Jody Danneman (ABJ ‘88) Amanda Rosseter Schab (ABJ ‘90) Atlanta ImageArts, Inc. Coca-Cola North America Conrad Fink is a professor of jour- nalism and Morris Chair of Newspa- Chris Decherd (ABJ ‘90) Steve Sears (ABJ ‘90) per Strategy and Management in the Voice of America Barron’s Grady College. He also directs the Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Valerie Elston (ABJ ‘04) Jennifer Sloan (ABJ ‘86) Porter Novelli York University Studies. Fink began teaching at UGA in 1983 and has helped start courses Eddie Garrett (BA ‘06) (MBA ‘08) Amanda Pressman Smoot (ABJ ‘00) such as media ethics, sports writing, Grady New Media certificate Fox Business Network Edelman business reporting and introduction to print journalism. For 21 years he worked with The Associ- Bryan Harris (MA ‘03) Katherine Strate (ABJ ‘09) ated Press as a reporter, editor, foreign correspondent and Jackson Spalding Jackson Spalding vice president. He has also served as executive director of Cynthia Harris (ABJ ‘94) Dana Todd (ABJ ‘91) the AP-Dow Jones Economic Report and a visiting lecturer Microsoft Corporation Performics Chicago at the prestigious Poynter Institute. In addition to winning numerous teaching awards, Fink has written a host of books Josh Jackson (ABJ ‘94) Scott Williamson (MMC ‘92) Paste magazine Coca-Cola North America including Strategic Newspaper Management; Media Ethics; In the Newsroom and Beyond; Inside the Media; Introduction to Pro- Mike Martin (ABJ ‘95) Mesha Chance Wind (ABJ ‘90) fessional Newswriting; and Sports Writing: The Lively Game. Skylab-B Communications The Cairo Messenger Julie Moran (ABJ ´84) The Grady Fellowship Julie Moran began her network televi- sion career as a sportscaster, landing her first reporting job in Los Angeles 2008 Inaugural Class Eugene Patterson Jimmy Alston Donald A. Perry for ESPN’s “Sports Focus.” After a stint Bill Anderson Gloria Ricks Taylor co-hosting “Movie Time,” the chan- Neil Aronstam Richard Riley nel that evolved into E! Entertainment Dennis Berry Deborah Roberts Television, she moved to New York Conway Broun Don Rountree to co-host NBC Sports’ “NBA Inside Otis A. Brumby Jr. Neva Rountree Stuff.” A year later, she went to work Tyus Butler* Tom Russell Don E. Carter Swann Seiler for ABC Sports as the first female host of the highly-rated Carolyn McKenzie Carter* Bill Shipp “Wide World of Sports,” following legendary sportscasters Maxine Clark A. Mark Smith Jim McKay and Frank Gifford. In 1994, Moran became sub- Frank Compton Jay Smith stitute anchor, weekend anchor and senior correspondent Carlton Curtis Loran Smith for “Entertainment Tonight,” a position she held until 2001. Carrol Dadisman Lessie Smithgall She then hosted “The Insider’s List with Julie Moran” on the Tom Dowden Paul Stone Miriam Drewry Carolyn Caudell Tieger Fine Living Network. In January 2012, she will co-host Life- Jenny Duffey Claude Williams time’s morning show, “The Balancing Act.” Lee Duffey Robert M. Williams Jr. Bruce Finland Jim Wooten Rex Granum Dick Yarbrough Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Arnold Punaro Millard Grimes Neely Young (MA ´76) Bill Hartman UGA VII* Charles Hayslett Arnold Punaro, a retired U.S. Marine Betty Hudson 2009 Class Corps Major General, is chief execu- Charlayne Hunter-Gault Furman Bisher tive officer of the Punaro Group, LLC, John W. Jacobs Jr. Claude Felton a Washington-based firm offering a va- Tom Johnson Brenda Hampton riety of strategic planning and analysis Brian Johnstone Ray Jenkins services, communications, crisis man- Chris Jones Gordon Smith agement, government relations and Warren Jones Ruth Estes Trager sensitive operations consulting. From Tom S. Landrum Rebecca Leet 2010 Class 1997 to 2010, Punaro was executive vice president at Sci- Dan Magill Carolyn Abney ence Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Punaro Mike McDougald Randall Abney served as a member of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ Eugene Methvin Phil Gailey Defense Business Board and as a senior associate at the Cen- Jim Minter Steve Koonin ter for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Pat Mitchell Edwin Pope D.C. In January 2005, he was named to chair the independent Frazier Moore Jr. Bo Spalding Commission on the National Guard and Reserves (CNGR). Powell A. Moore James H. Tate Jr. Punaro is the recipient of numerous recognitions, with more Aubrey Morris* than 20 military awards and decorations. In March 2009 he William S. Morris, III The Sanford Circle received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Pub- W. H. “Dink” NeSmith Jr. Joe Belew lic Service. Deborah Norville Betty Gage Holland

* deceased Fellows Bill Simpson (ABJ ´50) In the early 1950’s, Bill Simpson served as sports director for radio station WRFC in Athens, Ga., then became the public relations representative for Citi- zens & Southern National and Affiliate Banks of Georgia. In 1955, he served as national advertising manager of the Atlanta Paper Company (later named Mead Packing and Mead Containers). A year later, he became director of public relations for UGA, a position he held for 14 years. At UGA, he initiated innova- tive programs and concepts such as electronic media pro- gramming, coordinated publications programs and special alumni programs, including record-setting fundraising proj- ects. Since 1970, he has owned Simpson Associates Public Relations and Advertising in Athens, providing professional services ranging from market research to media campaigns.

Julie Winskie (ABJ ´84) Julie Winskie has been an integral member of the Porter Novelli team for more than 20 years, formerly run- ning its New York office and heading the company’s consumer marketing practice globally. Today she serves as Global President, Clients. Drawing from her deep expertise in brand build- ing, public relations and the develop- ment of influencer programs, she has worked with a range of companies in consumer goods and services, technology and health care industries. Client experience includes work for DuPont, Mercedes-Benz, P&G, Timberland, Gillette and HP. Winskie is a founding member of Omnicom’s G23 con- sultancy of female executive leaders, a founding advisory member of Brand 50, Global 50 and a participant in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. A member of the inaugural PR jury for the 2009 Clio Awards, she was also a jurist for the 2010 Cannes Lions PR Awards. The Sanford Society Lamar Trotti (ABJ ´21) Lamar Trotti was an American screen- “The posthumous inductions of Joe Belew and writer, producer and motion picture Betty Gage Holland inaugurated the Sanford executive who became the first gradu- Circle within the Grady Fellowship in 2010. ate of the Henry W. Grady School of Named for Steadman V. Sanford who founded the Journalism and Mass Communication study of journalism at the University of Georgia in 1921. While at UGA, he served as and whose legacy lives on at Grady, in UGA editor of The Red and Black. He became football and through the Regents System, the an executive at Fox Film Corporation Sanford Circle of the Fellowship was created to in 1933 (which later became 20th Cen- tury Fox) where he wrote some 50 films for the studio and honor absent friends of Grady College, whose produced many himself. In 1944 he won an Academy Award achievement and generosity of spirit for “Wilson” and was also nominated for “Young Mr. Lin- remain with us.” coln” (1939) and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” (1952). One of the most famous films Trotti wrote and pro- - E. Culpepper Clark, Dean duced was “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain” (1951) and it was filmed in north Georgia starring Susan Hayward.

Jesse Outlar (ABJ ´43) Robert VanLandingham (ABJ ´42) Jesse Outlar was a popular sports Robert VanLandingham, a native of writer who served as sports edi- Grady County, graduated from Grady tor of The Red and Black and later College in 1942. He joined the U.S. became editor of The Camp-Lejeune Coast Guard and served aboard an Globe. In 1945, he became sports edi- escort frigate in the Southwest Pacific tor for the Waycross Journal–Herald from New Guinea to Leyte Gulf. On before joining The Atlanta Constitu- returning home he served as principal tion. He remained with the Constitu- and seventh grade teacher at Calvary tion for 41 years, serving the last 30 School for the 1946-47 term. He joined as sports editor and sports columnist. He covered the Ken- his family in operation of R.R. VanLandingham Inc., the local tucky Derby, the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Mas- dealership for Pontiac cars, International trucks and Farmall ters, world class boxing, Henry Aaron’s record-breaking tractors. After the close of the dealership in 1982, he returned homerun and anything sports about his beloved Georgia to his first love, journalism, and became staff writer forThe Bulldogs. Outlar won numerous awards throughout his Cairo Messenger and mentor for all associated with it. He re- career. He was named Georgia Sportswriter of the Year tired in 2002. He was a Cairo City Councilman for 16 years three times by the National Sportswriters and Sportscast- and a member of the Grady County Board of Education for ers Association and was voted as Georgia’s Sports Colum- 14 years. He also was a member and chairman of the Grady nist of the Year four times by the Associated Press. In 1991, County Hospital Authority for 20 years. As an exemplary Outlar was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. civic and community leader, VanLandingham was a special inspiration for Dean Clark.