Sandi Straetker, BJ ’89, is the owner and principal of PRiority Public Relations LLC in Coralville, Iowa.

Clyde Lear, MA ’68, was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. He is the retired chairman and CEO of Learfield Communications, Inc., a Jefferson City, Mo.-based company he started in 1972 as an outgrowth of his master’s project at the school.

Richard M. “Dick” Cottam, BJ ’55, a former Spokane, Wash., Police Department spokesman and television journalist, died Dec. 28, 2011.

After seven years as a staffer to a county supervisor in San Mateo County (Calif.), William Chiang, MA ’93, is the new senior director of communications and information services for the California State Bar.

Arthur W. Smith, BJ ’65, died Oct. 30, 2011. Before his retirement, he was an advertising executive.

Elizabeth Osder, MA ’94, has joined JumpTime, Inc., as senior vice president of strategy and business development. The Los Angeles-based company optimizes the value of high-quality content online. Added: Dec. 14, 2011

Margaret McCluskey, BJ ’46, died in Vancouver, Wash., on Dec. 2, 2011, as a result of a being hit by one of the city’s C-Tran buses. She was a former journalist and Peace Corps volunteer.

Nileeni Meegama, MA ’92, PhD ’96, is the vice president for 50+ research & strategic intelligence with AARP in Washington, D.C.

Wayne Freedman, MA ’78, is a KGO news team reporter for ABC in San Francisco, Calif.

David L. Smith, BJ ’73, MA ’77, is the CEO for SmithGeiger, LLC in Westlake Village, Calif.