Each year, Boston University’s College of Communication honors a small number of distinguished graduates who, through their work or personal activities, have fostered understanding among people through communication.
- James “Nooka” Jones (’10), Marketing Manager for Google Creative Lab
- Carlos Bardasano (’97), Senior Vice President of Original Content at Univision
- Mariette DiChristina (’86), Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American
- Sylvia Stevens-Edouard (’74), Executive Director of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF)
- Henry “Hank” Hughes (’06), Oscar-nominated director
- Corinne N. Brinkerhoff (’04), TV writer/producer
- Thomas M. Cibrowski (’90), Senior Vice President of ABC News Programs, News Gathering and Special Events
- Audrey A. Cooper (CAS’99, COM’99), Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle
- Walter T. Middlebrook, (’76), Assistant Managing Editor, The Detroit News
- Michelle A. Sullivan (’95), Senior Director/Head of Marketing, Boston Beer Company
- Lewis G. Curtis (CGS’53, COM’55) Major General, United States Air Force (retired)
- Cynthia Cordes (’01), Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
- Cleveland O’Neal III (’78), President & CEO for Correction III Entertainment Group
- William J. Lautzenheiser (COM’96, CAS’96, MFA COM’07), Boston University, Lecturer
- William John Simmons (’93), The Sports Guy
- Mark D. Walton (’76), Onyx Global Marketing, Managing Director
- Peter J. Souza (’76), White House Photographer
- Jeremy C. Hobson (’04), Co-Host, Market Place Morning Report, American Public Media
- Stephanie M. McMahon Levesque (’98), EVP, Creative Writing and Talent
- Nancy J. Dubuc (’91), President, A&E Television Networks
- Orlando Bagwell (’74,’77), Documentarian and Director of the Ford Foundation’s Just Films initiative
- Andy Cohen (’90), Executive Vice President of Development & Talent, Bravo
- Colleen McCreary (’95), Chief People Officer, Zynga
- Jason Sarlanis (’05), Vice President, Original Programming
& Programming Development, E! Entertainment
- Shauna Dale Briggs Brook (’97)
- Erica Hill Yount (’98)
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Travis Matthew Roy (’00)
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Samantha Lea Swindler (’02)
- Al-Zain S. Al-Sabah (’96), Chairman & Managing Director, Eagle Vision Media Group
- Bonnie Arnold (’78), Producer Dreamworks
- Eric Fehrnstrom (’84), Communications Advisor, Free and Strong America, Partner, Shawmut Group
- Larry Hackett (’83), Managing Editor, People Magazine
- Sandra Anne Frazier (’01)
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Alana Feld Hackel (’02), Executive Vice President, Feld Entertainment
- Bonnie Hammer (’71), President, NBC Universal Cable
- Scott R. Feldman (CGS’88, COM’90), President & CEO, Two Twelve Management & Marketing
- Arthur Worth “Bud” Collins, Jr. (’09), Boston Globe Columnist, ESPN Commentator
- Franca Bertagnin (’90 ), Director, Edizione Holding SpA
- Kevin Caliendo (’93), Managing Director, FrontPoint Partners, LLC
- Maya Ezratti (’98), Director of Community & Public Affairs, GL Homes
- Arthur Marciano (’51)
- Jason Binn (’90), CEO, Niche Media Holdings
- Brian Cohen (’78), Chairman/CEO, GlobalComm Group
- Richard Halperin (’76), Deceased, Formerly of Quellos Group
- George Kliavkoff (’89), Chief Digital Officer, NBCUniversal
- Nancy Livingston (’69), Retired Advertising Consultant
- Andrea Taylor (’68), Director of Community Affairs, Microsoft
- George Schweitzer (’72), President, CBS Marketing Group
- Barry Tatelman (’72), Jordan’s Furniture
- Thomas E. Fiedler (MS ’71)
- Ethan Forman (CAS’88, MS COM’93)
- Daniel Goodrich (’75)
- Stan Grossfeld (MS ’80)
- Joseph Hallinan (’84)
- Karen Elliott House (Hon.’03), LHD
- Kenneth Irby (CGS’81, COM’83)
- Stephen Kurkjian (CAS’66)
- Justin Lane (’95)
- Patricia Maldonado (MS ’91)
- Gerard O’Neill (MS ’70)
- Sacha Pfeiffer (MET’94)
- Michael Rezendes (CAS’78)
- James Savage (DGE’59, COM’61)
- William Sherman (MS ’69)
- Mark Thompson (’75)
- Helen Ubinas (’94)
- Don Van Natta, Jr. (’86)
- Joan Vennochi (’75)
- Susan Walsh (’87)
- Meredith Warren (’01)
- George Will (Hon.’03), LTD
- Kevin Merida (’79), Associate Editor, The Washington Post
- Joseph Nocera (’74), Business Day columnist, The New York Times
- Michael Williams (’79), Co-founder and Principal, SCOUT Productions
- Heidi Berenson (MS ’81), President, Berenson Communications, Inc.
- Gary Fleder (’85), Film Director
- Tyler Hicks (’92), War Photographer and New York Times Staff Photographer
- Jeff Kline (’87), President, Brookline Productions
- Gary Tuchman (’87), National Correspondent, CNN
- Richard Gladstein (CGS’81, COM’83), President, FilmColony Academy Award-Nominated Producer, The Cider House Rules
- Renée Loth (’74), Editor, Editorial Page, The Boston Globe
- Helene Solomon (CGS’72, COM’74), President and CEO, Bishoff Solomon Communication
- Jan Brandt (CGS’70, COM’72), Vice Chair & CMO, AOL Time Warner
- Gerald Powers (’56), Professor Emeritus of Public Relations, Boston Universitys College of Communication
- Bill O’Reilly (’75), Anchor and Host, The O’Reilly Factor, FOX News Channel
- Brian Bedol (’80), President & CEO, Fusient Media Ventures. Former Creator and Co-founder, Classic Sports Network (now ESPN Classic Sports).
- Charles “Chuck” Clemente (CGS’60, COM’62), Retired EVP/COO, America Online/RCC
- Walter Cryan (’56), Retired, News Anchor, WPRI-TV Channel 12, Providence, R.I.
- Yunghi Kim (CGS’82, COM’84), Photojournalist. Named Photographer of the Year in 1997 by the NPPA.
- Thomas A. Ohanian (’81), Vice President of Product Development, DMOD Inc. Former Corporate Fellow & Chief Editor, Avid Technology. Member of the Avid Technology Team that received the Scientific & Engineering Academy Award for Editorial/ Pre-Production in 1994 and the Academy Award of Merit for Editorial/Pre-Production in 1998 for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing.
- Fonda Snyder (’85), Senior Vice President, Storyopolis
- Don Van Natta, Jr. (’86), Reporter, Washington Bureau, the New York Times. Pulitzer Prize Winner.
- Michael S. Willner (’74), President and CEO, Insight Communications Company
- Luis Ferré Rangel (’90), Director, El Nuevo Día
- María Luisa Ferré-Rangel (’88), Grupo Ferré Rangel. Former Co-editor, El Nuevo Día.
- Heather Kahn (’89), National Correspondent, Parenting TV. Former Anchor/Reporter, WCVB-TV, Boston
- Rick Minicucci (’73), Chief Technology Officer, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- Scott Rosenberg (’85), Screenwriter. Credits include Gone in Sixty Seconds, High Fidelity, Con Air, Beautiful Girls.
- Joan Schneider (’72), President, Schneider & Associates
- Linda Vester (’87), Anchor, FOX News Live, FOX News Channel
- Martin J. Doblmeier (’80), President and Senior Producer, Journey Films, Inc.
- Bruce Feirstein (’75), Screenwriter/ Writer. Credits include Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche (book), The World Is Not Enough (motion picture).
- Carl D. Folta (’80), Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, Viacom, Inc.
- Mary Ann Pires (’72), President and CEO, The Pires Group, Inc.
- Jay Roewe (’79), Vice President of Production, HBO
- Hugo Shong (’87, GRS’92), Senior Vice President, International Data Group, Inc. (IDG). Also President, IDG Asia, and Vice Chairman/General Partner of IDG Technology Venture Investment (IDGVC)
- Roger Bridgeman (’77), President, Bridgeman Communications
- Allison Davis (CGS’73, COM’75), Vice President/Creative, Dunbar Productions/CBS KingWorld
- Edward Linn (DGE’48, COM’50), Former Freelance Sports Writer and Author. Credits include Hitter: The Life and Turmoils of Ted Williams, and Veeck As in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck.
- David Lubars (CGS’78, COM’80), Co-President and Executive Creative Director, Fallon Minneapolis
- Les Schupak (CGS’65, COM’67,’71), Managing Partner, KCSA Public Relations Worldwide
- Marcy Syms (’75), President and CEO, Syms Corporation
- Ruth Vitale (’75), Co-President, Paramount Classics
- Alan Cohen (’78), Former EVP, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, ABC
- Barry MacMichael (’70), Assistant Director, New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights
- James Morakis (CGS’54, COM’56,’61), Morakis Associates. Former Manager, Public Affairs, Exxon Co. International
- James Wyman (’51), Retired Vice President and Executive Editor, Providence Journal
- Carol Cone (’78), CEO, Cone Communications, Inc.
- Allan Folsom (’63), Author/Screenwriter. Credits include The Day After Tomorrow (book), Hart to Hart (TV Series).
- Margaret Lazarus (’72), Director, Cambridge Documentary Films. Credits include Defending Our Lives, Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Short.
- Seth Werner (’76), Former Vice Chair and Executive Creative Director, Publicis Bloom
- Debra Zeyen (’71), CEO, Women’s Sports Network. Former Vice President of Network Development, CBS Television.
- L. Carlisle Gustin (’67), Senior Counsel, Clarke & Company. Retired SVP, Boston Edison Company/ NSTAR.
- Ted Harbert (’77), President, NBC Studios
- Raymond Kotcher (’83), President & CEO, Ketchum Worldwide
- Peter Mehegan (’64), Co-host, Chronicle, WCVB-TV, Boston
- Diana Chapman Walsh (COM’71, UNI’83, Hon.’94), President, Wellesley College
- Betsy Dickinson Bates (’63), Former Assistant Dean, Boston University College of Communication
- Agostino Galluzzo (’69), Management Consultant. Also Former Trustee, Boston University and Former President, Boston University Alumni.
- Atsuko Takaya Iwaki (’77), Manager of Public Relations, Amway Japan
- Mark Thompson (’75), Correspondent, TIME Magazine. Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Brendan Gilbane (DGE’50, COM’52, GRS’59,’69), Dean Emeritus, Boston University College of General Studies
- Joseph Hallinan (’84), Reporter, Indianapolis Star. Pulitzer Prize Winner.
- Paul LaCamera (’66, MET’74), President and General Manager, WCVB-TV, Boston
- Joe Roth (’70), Founder and President, Revolution Studios. Former Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios.
- Robert Ferrante (CGS’55, COM’57), Executive Producer, Public Radio International’s The World, WGBH Radio, Boston. Former Executive Producer, Morning Edition, National Public Radio.
- David Maynard (’85), Former Broadcast Personality, WBZ Radio, Boston
- Brette Popper (’79), Former President, Individual Investors Group
- Dodge Morgan (’59), Owner, Casco Bay Weekly. In 1985 he broke the world record for solo circumnavigation of the globe with his sloop American Promise.
- Toby Goldberg (’61,’62), Former Associate Professor of Communications, University of Wisconsin
- Robert J. Lurtsema (DGE’57, COM’57), Former Host, Morning Pro Musica, WGBH Radio, Boston, MA
- James Savage (DGE’59, COM’61), Investigations Editor, Miami Herald. Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Cary Wolinsky (’69), Photographer, Trillium Studios. Former Contract Photographer, National Geographic Magazine.
- Robert Baram (’48, SED’62), Professor Emeritus of Journalism, Boston University College of Communication
- Robert C. Bergenheim (’51)
- Ronald Della Chiesa (’59)
- Joan H. Kampe (’69)
- Loretta McLaughlin (’49)
- William Shepard (’49)
- Donald Segall (’56,’57)
- James Thistle (’64)
- Dorothy Williams (’67)
- Francine Achbar (’67)
- Martin S. Bande (’50)
- Robert E. Dallos (’58)
- David Doubilet (’70)
- Michael C. Jensen, (MS ’61)
- Frank T. LeBart (MS ’49)
- Stephen M. Mindich (MS ’67)
- Dr. William F. Powers (’68)
- Major General Lewis Curtis (’55), Commander, U.S.A.F. Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas
- John M. Day (’42), Former Vice President for News and Public Affairs and News Anchor, WHDH-TV and Radio, Boston
- Stan Grossfeld (’80), Associate Editor and Director of Photography, Boston Globe
- Nancy L. Lane (’62), Vice President/Personnel and Director, Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Raritan, N.J.
- John M. Langone (’53), Senior Editor, Discover Magazine, New York
- Joann Ellison Rodgers (’62), Deputy Director/Public Affairs and Director/Media Relations, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Md.
- Lauren Shuler Donner (’71), Producer, Walt Disney Studios, Hollywood
- William O. Wheatley (’70), Executive Producer, NBC Nightly News, New York
- Nael el-Assad (’70), Honorary Consul to the Government of Zaire and Middle East Peace Envoy, Washington, DC
- Herbert E. Hetu (MS ’65), Senior Vice President, Carl Byoir & Associates, Washington, DC
- Janet Chusmir (’49), Publisher, Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
- Bruce R. Marson (’61), Senior Vice President/Programming, Metromedia Producers, Hollywood
- Arthur L. Sulzburgh (MS ’60), Vice President and National Sales Manager, ABC Radio Networks, New York
- John Scali (’42), Senior Correspondent, ABC News, Washington, DC, and Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Yinne Wang (MS ’68), Deputy Chief of Film, China Television, Taipei, China
- Nicholas Gage (’63), Former Investigative Reporter, New York Times, author and film producer
- Marian Christy (’65), Syndicated Columnist, Boston Globe
- Emanuel Goldberg (’42), Veteran Public Relations Counsel, Practitioner and Educator, Boston
- Joseph Headlee (MS ’61), Chief, Radio & Television Branch, N.A.S.A., Washington, DC
- J. Kenneth Kansas (MS ’65), Manager of Communication Programs, Exxon Corporation, New York
- Carl Mydans (’32, Hon.’60), Senior Photographer, Time and LIFE, New York
- Stephanie Shelton (’60), Reporter, WWOR-TV News, New York
- Al Silverman (’49), President and Publisher, Book-of-the-Month Club, New York
- Robert Squier (MS ’57), Communications Consultant and Filmmaker, Washington, DC
- David Brickman (’32), President and Publisher, Malden Evening News, Medford Mercury and Melrose Evening News, Malden, Mass.
- Terence M. Clarke (’63), Chairman and CEO, ClarkeGowardFitts Advertising and Clarke & Company Public Relations, Boston
- Edward M. Fouhy (MS ’59), Vice President and Bureau Chief, ABC News, Washington, DC
- Paula W. Gold (’62), Secretary of Consumer Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Max R. Grossman (’26), Former Professor and Chairman, Department of Journalism, Boston University
- Robert L. Healy (’51), Bureau Chief and National Political Columnist, Boston Globe, Washington, DC
- Stephen A. Schlow (’63), Executive Producer, Metromedia Producers, Hollywood
- Paul H. Spiers (MS ’49), Division Manager, Public and Employee Communications, New England Telephone, Boston
- Joyce H. Dopkeen (’65), Staff Photographer, New York Times
- John Henning (MS ’63), Veteran Broadcast Journalist, WBZ-TV, Boston
- Phillip O. Keirstead (’60), Professor of Journalism, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee
- Alfred R. Kelman (BS, MS ’58), Independent Filmmaker and Television Producer, New York
- Gordon Manning (’41), Vice President/News Planning, NBC News, New York
- Hugh Mulligan MS (’51), Senior Correspondent, Associated Press, New York
- Laurence S. Sewell, Jr. (’52), International Public Relations Consultant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Richard J. Underwood (’57), Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, Commercial Union Companies, Boston
- George Beebe (’32), Former Associate Publisher and Managing Editor, Miami Herald
- Jean Firstenberg (’58), Executive Director, American Film Institute, Los Angeles
- William I. Greener (’67), Vice President of Corporate Relations, G.D. Searle Co., Chicago
- Dr. John Michael Kittros (’52), Professor of Communication, Temple University, Philadelphia
- Ida M. Lewis (’56), Publisher, Encore America and World Wide News, New York
- William E. Lord (’59), Vice President/Executive Producer, Nightline, ABC News, New York
- Gene Pell (’63), Director, Voice of America, Washington, DC
- George A. Speers (’55), Former Chairman, Northeastern University, Department of Journalism, Boston