April 3, 1998

Journalism College Honors Alumni, Contributors

A governor, the father of Arbor Day, two publishers, a Disney producer, an advertising agency founder and one of the first U.S. reporters to cover prisons in-depth will be honored at the 1998 Journalism Awards Luncheon April 3.

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications Alumni Association will present its 1998 Awards of Excellence to four alumni at the seventh annual event, which will be in Morrill Hall. The luncheon also will feature Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame inductions by the Nebraska Press Association and the college and the presentation of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association's Presidential Award.

Winners of the Journalism Alumni Awards of Excellence are:

• Rich Bailey, '67, Outstanding Advertising Alumnus honoree, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Bailey Lauerman & Associates Inc., Lincoln and Omaha.
• David Nuckolls, '86, Outstanding Broadcasting Alumnus honoree and senior producer in creative entertainment for Walt Disney World Co. in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
• Marjorie Marlette, '44, Outstanding News-Editorial Alumnus honoree, author, corrections expert and retired reporter. One of the first reporters in the United States to cover prisons in-depth as a regular beat, Marlette worked for the Lincoln Journal from 1951 to 1982.
• John Gottschalk, president and chief executive officer of the Omaha World-Herald Co., publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and recipient of the Service to the Profession Award presented annually to a non-alumnus of the College of Journalism..

Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame inductees are:

• The late J. Sterling Morton, founder of the State Historical Society and co-author of the multi-volume "Illustrated History of Nebraska." Morton pursued a vigorous brand of journalism to promote a host of causes including making Arbor Day a national holiday.
• Emil Reutzel Jr., retired editor of the Norfolk Daily News. Reutzel began his journalism career in 1946 when he purchased the weekly Neligh News, then headed for journalism school at Northwestern University. Reutzel was the owner of several weeklies in 1961 when he became managing editor of the Daily News, where he also was editor and vice president during a 30-year career.

The Nebraska Broadcaster's Presidential Award goes to:

• E. Benjamin Nelson, elected Nebraska's 37th governor in 1990 and reelected in 1994. Nelson has applied his energies and talents in the fields of education, business, law and government since his graduation from the University of Nebraska in 1963.
• Andrea Cranford, NU Alumni Association

Human Resources & Family Sciences Honors Alumni

The University of Nebraska College of Human Resources and Family Sciences Alumni Association will recognize a New Achiever Award winner, alumni of eight honor classes ranging from 1928 to 1988 and alumni of Loomis Hall during its annual awards luncheon and spring reunion April 4 in Lincoln.

Jane Wilkens, advertising and public relations coordinator for Golden Harvest Seeds in Waterloo, is the recipient of the New Achiever Award, given to a recent graduate who has shown early accomplishment and promise for future contributions.

Wilkens, a 1984 graduate of the college, has worked in a variety of positions in Illinois, Oregon and Nebraska. She received a New Achievers Award from the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences last year and has been active in a variety of leadership roles for the Oregon and Nebraska Associations of Family and Consumer Sciences, the American Society for Training and Development, Kappa Omicron Nu and the Alice A. Ross Leadership Academy at Oregon State University.

College reunion activities begin at 9:30 a.m. in the East Union. Morning events include a silent auction with proceeds going toward a permanent display of college history in the Home Economics Building, the awards luncheon and a multimedia presentation on the James Quilt Collection. Afternoon activities include tours of the International Quilt Study Center, the Textiles, Clothing and Design Gallery, the Nutrition Research Lab and the Marriage/Family Resource Center.

There will also be a gathering of alumni who lived in Loomis Hall while students at the university. Loomis Hall was a residence hall for women attending the College of Home Economics, the predecessor of the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences.

-Andrea Cranford, NU Alumni Association

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