Hall of Achievement inductee Joann Byrd, ’64, shares a laugh with Roger Oglesby, publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (center) and 1999 Hall of Achievement inductee Fred Taylor, former executive editor of the Wall Street Journal at this year’s banquet and awards ceremony.

The Hall of Achievement added four School of Journalism and Communication alumni and one former faculty member to its ranks, acknowledging the new inductees’ professional excellence at a reception and dinner on October 19 at Valley River Inn. Faculty members, colleagues of the inductees, friends and alumni attended the celebration to honor the commitment to journalism, education and community of this third group of inductees.

The 2000 honorees include outstanding professionals across media. The inductees are Joann Byrd, ’64, current editorial page editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Robert Frazier, ’48, former editorial page editor and longtime columnist for The Register-Guard; Ernest Haycox, ’23, a leading western writer in chronicling the settlement of the West; George H. Weber, ’31, former president and longtime chairman of Cole & Weber Advertising, Portland and Seattle; and faculty inductee Glenn Starlin, who helped launch public radio and television in Oregon and the nation in addition to serving the UO as a vice provost for academic affairs, as acting dean of arts and sciences, and as a telecommunication and film faculty member for more than 30 years.

According to Dean Tim Gleason, this year’s inductees represent the mission of the Hall of Achievement, which inducted its first class in 1998.

“A journalism education opens doors to careers in many fields. The Hall of Achievement celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of our graduates and faculty in diverse fields, from journalism and advertising to politics and software development,” Gleason said. “The four alumni and the faculty member we are inducting this year excelled in their fields and, in doing so, elevated their professions and improved the larger community.”

Those who introduced the inductees spoke of the impact of each on their profession as well as on their colleagues.

Roger Oglesby, publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, introduced the accomplishments of his colleague Joann Byrd.

Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, UO Journalism, ’47, JD ’51, remembered the fairness with which Robert Frazier used his skills.

“Bob had no patience with the pompous, whom he could deflate with a few well-written words, but he was too kind and too dedicated to fair play to use them without restraint,” he said.

Historian Stephen Tanner from the English Department of Brigham Young University, and David Milholland, president of the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, introduced Ernest Haycox. Two of Haycox’s granddaughters as well as his son Ernest Haycox, Jr. were in attendance.

Vicky Hastings, senior vice president of Cole & Weber, spoke passionately of George Weber’s founding of the firm.

Don Robinson, retired editorial page editor of The Register-Guard and close friend to Starlin, introduced Starlin’s many accomplishments.

Portraits of the five new inductees have joined those of 19 individuals honored since the inauguration of the program. Currently, the display of photographs lines the central hall outside of the Willis S. Duniway Journalism Resource Center in Allen Hall. Thanks to a generous gift from The Register-Guard and the Baker family, the Hall of Achievement will find a permanent home in its own seminar room.