Archives: Class Notes
Hope Kirwan, BJ ’15
Hope Kirwan, BJ ’15, joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s La Crosse News Bureau in November 2015. She reports on issues and events in southwestern Wisconsin. She hosts the station’s weekly talk show, Newsmakers. While a student at the Missouri School of Journalism, Kirwan was the health and wealth reporter and a general assignment reporter at KBIA-FM, … Continued
William Albert Stauffer, BJ ’52
William Albert Stauffer, BJ ’52, died Nov. 26, in Urbandale, Iowa. He majored in advertising as well as newspaper organization and management. Stauffer attended MU on a basketball scholarship and was the first of six players to have his jersey retired.
Joseph Leopold Belic, BJ ’53
Joseph Leopold Belic, BJ ’53, died June 12.
Robert Kelly, BJ ’72
Robert Kelly, BJ ’72, retired in July 2015 after 43 years as a reporter and editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He is now teaching Mass Communications, Writing for the News Media at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Michael Friedman, MA ’67
Michael Friedman, MA ’67, formerly a disc jockey and sports director at KFRU-FM, retired from news and public relations after a 40-year career. Friedman is now an adjunct professor of professional communications management at SUNY Farmingdale, New York.
Robert Gould, BJ ’78
Robert Gould, BJ ’78, went on to become a an orthopedic surgeon after working at Foote Cone and Gelding in Chicago.
Bob Kalish, BJ ’63
Bob Kalish, BJ ’63, was inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame during the MPA’s annual meeting Oct. 17 in Bangor. Kalish spent 10 years with the Bath Brunswick Times Record as a reporter, during which he covered the dismantling of the state’s only nuclear power plant and the closing of a major … Continued
Shantana (Croom) Stewart, BJ ’98
Shantana (Croom) Stewart, BJ ’98, owner of Shantana Stewart Communications LLC in St. Louis, provides strategic communications, media and public relations services to nonprofits, businesses and individuals. Stewart also serves as recording and corresponding secretary for the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists and helps lead the group’s annual journalism workshop for high school … Continued
Barbara Holland, BJ ’71, MA ’77
The world’s largest collection of research literature on how to connect teaching and scholarship to community needs, the Barbara H. Holland Collection for Service Learning and Community Engagement, is housed at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The collection’s namesake, Holland, BJ ’71, MA ’77, is an internationally-recognized expert on community engagement scholarship.
Alice Handelman, BJ ’65
Alice Handelman, BJ ’65, was recently honored for her years of service to seniors within the St. Louis community by the Women’s Auxiliary for the Jewish Aged when they installed a bench in her honor at Covenant Place. Handelman was director of community relations at the Jewish Center for Aged in St. Louis for 18 … Continued