Flash Online Volume 18, no. 1, Fall 2003


Allen Hall stars inspire next generation

Photos: Jack Liu

Each year a distinguished committee of alumni, faculty and friends of the J-school meets for the challenging task of reviewing the list of nominees and selecting new members for the School’s Hall of Achievement. Members of the committee leave the selection meeting with an even greater appreciation of the School and our alumni and faculty. Dean Tim Gleason calls this process of discovering the School’s many accomplished alumni “exciting.” Those alumni selected are honored at the School’s annual Hall of Achievement gala event, which has been held each October for the past five years.


Stephen J. Cannell, '64, a 2002 Hall of Achievement honoree, shares his fond memories of Allen Hall and his university recruitment experience with the dinner crowd.

Alumni inducted in 2002 were Stephen J. Cannell, ’64, a screenwriter and television producer of classic shows such as The Rockford Files and 21 Jump Street; Harris Ellsworth, ’22, a member of Congress and former editor of the Roseburg News Review; Michael Fancher, ’68, three-time Pulitzer-prize winning executive editor of the Seattle Times; Alyce Rogers Sheetz, ’40 MA ’63, a journalism teacher at South Eugene High School; and Roy Paul Nelson, ’47 MS ’55, a journalism professor and author.

Katy Price Gray and Margaret Price Crenshaw receive a plaque honoroing their late father, Warren C. Price, as a member of the 2003 Hall of Achievement. Price was a beloved faculty member of the J-school, famous for his love of train travel, as well as academics. He was honored along with his former students, Steve Neal, '71, Patricia O'Brien, '66, and Charles Royer, '66.

The 2003 inductees are Warren Price, journalism professor and newspaper man; Patricia O’Brien, ’66, political journalist and author of both fiction and nonfiction; Charles Royer, ’66, journalist, educator, and champion of the urban poor who was an award-winning mayor of Seattle for 12 years; and Steve Neal, ’71, political columnist and reporter for the Chicago Sun Times and author of six books of political history. 


“It’s a great way to link past generations of journalism students to those here in Allen Hall today,” Gleason says, adding that he hopes the Hall of Achievement Student Fund will someday become a “major resource” for the School in helping future journalists attend the UO.

UO Trustees Ruby Brockett and Marcia Aaron, '86, at the 2002 Hall of Achievement reception.

More than 100 alumni and faculty have been nominated and 39 members have been inducted to the Hall of Achievement, which began in 1998 as a result of Journalism Advancement Council discussions about how to better connect current students with the history of the J-school and with the School’s alumni and former faculty.

Today, in addition to the annual induction event and wall of honor, a state-of-the-art seminar room and scholarship program bear the Hall of Achievement name. A complete online tour of the Hall of Achievement and information about nominations are available at jcomm.uoregon.edu/about/facilities/hoa.html


From left to right, 2003 Hall of Achievement honoree Charles Royer, '66, celebrates his induction with Barbara Larimer, brother Bob Royer, '65, and Lynn Claudon.

 


Proud mentor: UO English Professor Emeritus Ralph Salisbury looks on proudly as his former student, Stephen J. Cannell, is inducted into the 2002 Hall of Achievement.

 

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