Richard M. Cottam, BJ ’55, died Dec. 24, 2011, aged 81. Cottam served in the Marines during the Korean War and received the Purple Heart decoration. He was an instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism from 1956 to 1963, and co-hosted “Conversations with Dick and Doris” on KFRU from 1961 to 1963. Cottam was … Continued

Karen L. Miller, MA ’07, business editor and assistant news editor at the Reading (Pa.) Eagle, is also now an adjunct professor of communications at Alvernia University, also in Reading. She earned her master’s online from Missouri while working as a mid-career professional. Miller teaches writing for the media, intercultural communications and public relations.

Edwin White, BJ ’39, Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the Vietnam War, died in Honolulu on Nov. 1. His obituary notes: Born in Tipton, Mo., on Aug. 29, 1922, White was a reporter’s reporter – skeptical, careful, a stickler for accuracy, with an acerbic wit and a no-frills writing style that stressed … Continued

Bruce Breslow, BJ ’77, was named the head of the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, effective Nov. 12. He most recently served as director of the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.

Dennis Barnidge, BJ ’76, died Oct. 20, 2012. He was the sports editor for the Jefferson County Journal and other papers in the St. Louis area during his career.

Bette Heidman Douglass, BJ ’40, died on Oct. 24, 2012, in Columbia, Mo.

Jason Rosenbaum, BJ ’06, is a staff writer at the St. Louis Beacon. He married Lauren Todd, MLS ’11, in March 2012 in St. Louis.