Archives: Class Notes
Susan Mays, BJ ’83
Susan Mays, BJ ’83, has been named vice president of marketing and strategic initiatives for CH2M HILL in Denver. She joined the company in 1996 and previously served as director of marketing and communications.
Lara Jakes, BJ ’95
Lara Jakes, BJ ’95, is a senior correspondent with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq.
Jensen Moore-Copple, PhD ’07
Jensen Moore-Copple, PhD ’07, is an assistant professor of strategic communication at Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University.
Alicia Peirce, BJ ’10
Alicia Peirce, BJ ’10, is an assistant account executive at Schupp Company in St. Louis.
Alice S. Handelman, BJ ’65
Alice S. Handelman, BJ ’65, has been honored with a prestigious 2011 President’s Award from the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis. A public relations professional, she is the immediate past president of Women of Achievement and is past president of both the Press Club and Mid-East Area Agency on Aging. For the past three … Continued
Sandi Straetker, BJ ’89
Sandi Straetker, BJ ’89, is the owner and principal of PRiority Public Relations LLC in Coralville, Iowa.
Clyde Lear, MA ’68
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
Richard M. “Dick” Cottam, BJ ’55, a former Spokane, Wash., Police Department spokesman and television journalist, died Dec. 28, 2011.
William Chiang, MA ’93
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
Arthur W. Smith, BJ ’65, died Oct. 30, 2011. Before his retirement, he was an advertising executive.