The College of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumni

Employment titles indicate the position held at the time of recognition. The Mass Communications Outstanding Alumni Awards were instituted in 1981 to recognize alumni of Texas Tech University who have made outstanding contributions to the field of mass communications.

2008: Mark Condron
Senior Producer, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, Ind.

2008: Greg Davis
General Manager, WRR Radio
Dallas

2008: Mike McAllister
Managing Editor, PGATOUR.com
Union City, N.J.

2008: Linda Sease
Director of Marketing, Newspaper Division
The E.W. Scripps Company
Denver, Colo.

2008: Chris Wallace
President and CEO
Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
Irving, Texas

2007: Kim Cobb
Director of national media marketing
Southern Methodist University
Dallas

2007: Mark deTranaltes
Managing director, J. Walter Thompson
Houston

2007: Andy Fickman
Writer and director
Hollywood, Calif.

2007: Carl Mullins
Publisher, Morris Communications Corporation
Fort Worth

2007: J. Michael Winter
Senior vice president of advertising
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth

2006: Gerald R. Fricks
Executive director, MADD
Oklahoma

2006: Beverly McBeath
General sales manager, KCBD-TV
Lubbock

2006: George O’Dwyer
Executive producer and partner, 501 Post
Austin

2006: Ron Thomas
CEO, The Thomas Agency
Lubbock

2006: Scott Whitley
Advertising director, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego

2006: Keith Williams
Public policy spokesman
Washington, D.C.

2005: Steve Beasley
Publisher, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock

2005: Michelle Bleiberg
Director of public relations, Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas

2005: Max Faulkner
Director of photography
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth

2005: Brian Jensen
Director of communications Cushman & Wakefield
Fort Worth

2005: Todd Neal
Display advertising manager,Houston Chronicle
Houston

2005: Tanji Patton
Anchorwoman, WOAI News 4
San Antonio

2005: Ashton Thornhill
Retired professor, Texas Tech University, College of Mass Communications
Lubbock

2005: Morris Wilkes
Vice president, Cox Communications
Lubbock

2004: Cindy Fluitt
Producer, Gundy, Berlin & Silverstein
San Francisco

2004: Beth Harris
Director of marketing, Academy Awards
Beverly Hills, Calif.

2004: Gregory Paul Heitzman
National sales manager, ABC Radio
Dallas

2004: Arthur E. Mayhew
Retired publisher,
Bucks County Courier Times
Levittown, Pa.

2004: Karin McCay
Anchorwoman, KCBD-TV
Lubbock

2004: Carol McKelvy
McWhorter Director of sales, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock

2004: Mack Owen
Founder, Owen Group Advertising
Lubbock

2004: Beth Pratt
Religion editor, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock

2004: John J. Rafferty Jr.
General sales manager, WJXT-TV
Jacksonville, Fla.

2004: Renee Underwood
Director of advertising, United Supermarkets
Lubbock

2003: Eddie Aldrete
Managing director, Public Strategies Inc.
San Antonio

2003: Abner Euresti
Anchorman, KCBD-TV
Lubbock

2003: Charles Gerardi
Vice president of advertising,
The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach,Fla.

2003: Will Jarrett
Former owner, Westward Communications
Dallas

2003: Jay Rosser
P.R. consultant
Wichita, Kan.

2002: Jim Gaither
Broadcast director, The Richards Group
Dallas

2002: Jeff Klotzman
Anchorman, KJTV-TV
Lubbock

2002: Linda Burke
Rutherford Director of public relations, Southwest Airlines
Dallas

2002: Keith Samples
VKS Entertainment
Calabasas, Calif.

2002: Ann Ward
Vice president for communications Texas Hospital Association
Austin

2001: Brice Beaird
President, The Beaird Agency
Dallas

2001: Ray Chavez
Professor, University of South Dakota Vermillion, S.D.

2001: Katie Keifer
Anchorwoman, KMOL-TV
San Antonio

2001: Scott Pelley
Correspondent, 60 Minutes II
Washington, D.C.

2001: Mike Read
Web operations editor, Houston Chronicle
Houston

2000: Larry Beaulieu
Vice president, KFDM-TV
Beaumont

2000: Miller Bonner
Co-chairman, Global Technology Practice Edelman/GTT
New York

2000: James L. Stuart
Owner, Stuart Bacon Advertising
Fort Worth

2000: Rick Perez
Vice president, TNT Latin America
Atlanta

2000: Charlene Rogers
Vice president, Stark and Company
Dallas

1999: Robert S. Condron
Director, media and public affairs U.S. Olympic Organization
Colorado Springs, Colo.

1999: Malcolm Bordelon
Executive VP/business operations San Jose Sharks
San Jose, Calif.

1999: Don Richards
Partner, McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, L.L.P.
Lubbock

1999: John M. Drollinger
Vice president, Publicis Advertising Agency Powder
Springs, Ga.

1998: Marian Herbst Kelley
Director, public relations, Tracor, Inc.
Austin

1998: James Ferguson
Chief creative officer, DDB Needham
Dallas

1998: Jeanna Clark
Wolf Senior vice president, DDB Needham
Dallas

1998: Robert A. Rooker
Associate professor, Texas Tech University, School of Mass Communications
Lubbock

1997: Hector Galan
Owner, Galan Productions of Austin
Teaneck, N.J.

1997: William Dean
Executive vice president and CEO, Texas Tech Ex-Students Association
Lubbock

1997: Mary Lou Kromer
Vice president, W.R. Grace and Co.
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

1997: Lt. Col.
Virginia N. Pribyla Chief media relations, USAF,
Public Affairs Hickam AFB,
Hawaii

1996: Ron Askew
Director, account services, DDB Needham
Dallas

1996: Freda McVay
Instructor, Texas Tech University School of Mass Communications
Lubbock

1996: Ginger C. Hardage
Director, public relations Southwest Airlines
Dallas

1996: Frank Bass
Pulitzer-Prize winner, Houston Post
Houston

1995: Dennis Copeland
Two-time Pulitzer-Prize winner
Hollywood, Fla.

1995: Mary Alice Robbins
Austin bureau chief, Morris Communications
Austin

1995: Rich Flora
Owner and CEO, Flora Creative
Plano

1995: Don McBeath
Lubbock County judge
Lubbock

1994: Tina Tippit
Writer, photographer and performer
New York

1994: David Fowler
CEO, Tracy-Locke division of DDB Needham
Dallas

1994: Jim Hayhurst
Manager, Blue Bell Creameries
Brenham

1994: Victor Cooper
CBS News cameraman and editor Moscow Bureau, USSR
New York

1993: Chino Chapa
Vice president, Fleishman-Hillard
Dallas

1993: O.G.
“Speedy” Nieman Publisher, Hereford Brand Hereford Publisher, Snyder Daily News
Snyder

1993: Charles Reinken
Editorial section editor, Fayetteville Observer Fayetteville,
N.C.

1992: Max Jennings
Editor of newspapers in Ohio and Arizona Pahrump,
Nev.

1992: Jeanne Knapp
President, Knapp Communications
Lubbock

1992: Patsy Lokey
Former vice president United Coupon Clearing House
Lubbock

1992: Thomas Sandoz Jr.
Owner and president, Family Publishing
Dallas

1991: Ernest Joiner
Newspaper publisher, editor and columnist Carrizozo,
N.M.

1991: Janet Miles
Sales representative, NAB Falls Church,
Va.

1991: Dorothy Bowles
Author/professor
Knoxville, Tenn.

1991: James Watts
Owner, Watts Advertising Agency
Springfield, Mo.

1990: Dale Johnson
District manager, external affairs, SWBT
Mason

1990: Ira Perry
Executive director, Society of Professional Journalists
Houston

1990: Phil Price
Owner, Phil Price Advertising
Lubbock

1989: Marie Harris
Regional editor, Plainview Daily Herald
Plainview

1989: Jim Lindsey
Senior assistant to Texas Land Commissioner
Cedar Park

1989: Russel Pate
Freelance magazine writer
Dallas

1988: Barbara Culver
Texas Supreme Court justice
Lubbock

1988: Bronson Havard
Owner, Urban News, Inc.
Dallas

1988: Jane Rushing-Gilmore
Author of seven novels
Lubbock

1987: Jerry Hall
Principal, Jerry Hall & Associates
Austin

1987: Jack Bowen Television
producer, KWTV-TV
Oklahoma City

1986: Carolyn Barta
Viewpoints Page Editor and Associate Editor of Editorial Page Dallas Morning News
Dallas

1986: Dale Buckner
Founder and operator Buckner Advertising
Lubbock

1985: Debbie Bolner
Prost Principal in Promark Advertising/PR
San Antonio

1985: Robert Taylor
Deputy editor American Illustrated, and editor U.S. Information Agency
Surrey, Maine

1984: Bill Crume
Owner, Crume PR/Advertising
Dallas

1984: Robert Montemayor
Pulitzer-Prize winner for Journalism, 1984
Bloomfield, N.J.

1983: Kirk Carr
Advertising services director, Wall Street Journal
Stamford, Conn.

1983: Jay Harris
Editor, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock

1982: Everett Groseclose
Assistant general manager, The AP
New York

1982: Dan Perkes
Director of product development, Dow Jones East Orleans,
Mass.

1981: Marshall Formby
Editor, publisher of Plainview Daily Herald
Plainview

1981: Leon Hale
Columnist, Houston Post
Houston