Archives: Class Notes
Pam Gerhardt, BJ ’83
Pam Gerhardt, BJ ’83, currently teaches narrative nonfiction in the Professional Writing Program at University of Maryland.
Marion Allen Black, BJ ’50
Marion Allen Black, BJ ’50, died July 19. During his career, he published and edited weekly newspapers in southeast Missouri: Malden, Bernie, Parma and Gideon. Black served on the Missouri Press Association Board of Directors and was a past president of the Southeast Missouri Press Association. He was inducted into the MPA Newspaper Hall of … Continued
Owen Keith Ball, BJ ’41
Owen Keith Ball, BJ ’41, died on April 25, 2014, of natural causes. He worked for the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky (1946-50) and the Binghamton Press in New York (1950-51). Ball then worked at the Miami News in Florida from 1951-63, serving as editor for his last two years there. During this time the paper … Continued
Alex Holley, BJ ’11
Alex Holley, BJ ’11, is the new co-host for Good Day Philadelphia at WTXF-TV Fox 29. Previously, she was a reporter and fill-in anchor at WMBF-TV in South Carolina.
Fortuna Calvo-Roth, BJ ’54
Fortuna Calvo-Roth, BJ ’54, was recently recognized as the 2014 New York State Senate “Woman of Distinction” for the 28th District. The induction ceremony took place on May 13 at the state capitol in Albany. Calvo-Roth is a pioneer in the field of journalism, who went on to have a broad-ranging career in academia, the … Continued
Rebecca (Burke) Harlow, BJ ’98
Rebecca (Burke) Harlow, BJ ’98, recently had a poem published titled “Backpack” in the 2013 Anthology Cuivre River Volume VII. Another, “I Remember,” will be published by the end of 2014.
Mark Godich, BJ ’79
Mark Godich, BJ ’79, recently published his first book. “Tigers vs. Jayhawks: From the Civil War to the Battle for No. 1” is based on the 2007 football game between Missouri and Kansas, when both teams went from unranked at the start of the season to playing for No. 1 in the country on the … Continued
Nancy Kohl, BJ ’82
Nancy Kohl, BJ ’82, is the director of marketing and strategic planning at Tiger Docks, effective May 30. She most recently worked for the SSM Medical Group and has more than 25 years of experience in internal and external communications, business promotion and marketing, advertising and public relations, community engagement, and customer/client/employee relations. Tiger Docks … Continued
Josephine “Jo” Bryant Jaminet, BJ ’29
Josephine “Jo” Bryant Jaminet, BJ ’29, died Feb. 8, 2000. She was a member of the first graduating class of Coffeyville (Kansas) Junior College in 1925. Jaminet completed her junior year at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where as a journalism class student, she had an interview that was canceled at the last moment … Continued
Boyce Thompson, MA ’80
Boyce Thompson, MA ’80, is the author of “The New New Home: Getting the House of Your Dreams with Your Eyes Wide Open.” (Taunton Press, 2014) Thompson was the editorial director of business publishing company Hanley-Wood for many years. He left to write the book and is now the editorial direct of AgWeb, a website … Continued