Deadline: Dec. 15
About the Award
JEA gives this award to retirees for lifetime dedication to journalism education in the form of advising or other contributions to the profession. Scholastic press associations and individuals who are JEA members are encouraged to submit names of retirees in their state. Nominees can be either in their final year of teaching, set to retire that spring and/or already retired. Multiple awards may be presented each year. Recipients will be honored at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention.
Nominations
To nominate an individual for the Lifetime Achievement Award, please fill out this form by Dec. 15.
Recipients
William B. Allen, Charlotte, North Carolina
Candace Perkins Bowen, MJE, Stow, Ohio
John Bowen, MJE, Stow, Ohio
Michele Dunaway, MJE, Kirkwood, Missouri
Mark Goodman, Akron, Ohio
Marva Hutchinson, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jeff Kuchno, St. Louis
Kathy Schrier, MJE, Seattle
Nancy Smith, MJE, Eureka, Missouri
Ellen Austin, MJE, San Jose, California
Michelle Coro, CJE, Phoenix, Arizona
Kim Green, Greensburg, Indiana
Yvette Manculich, CJE, Littleton, Colorado
Susan Massy, Shawnee, Kansas
Pat Monroe, El Paso, Texas
Mark Murray, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Marci Pieper, Clayton, Missouri
Rebecca Potter, CJE, Texarkana, Texas
Colleen Sanders, Centerville, Ohio
Sheri Scott, Santa Rosa, California
Tracy Anne Sena, San Francisco
Ed Sullivan, New York City
Ray Westbrook, Dallas
Martha Akers, Purcellville, Virginia
Judy Allen, Las Vegas
Susan Benedict, MJE, Washington, Missouri
Ava Butzu, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Elizabeth Cyr, Stockbridge, Michigan
Mary Kay Downes, MJE, Centreville, Virginia
Laurie Hansen, MJE, Stillwater, Minnesota
Derius Mammen, Salina, Kansas
Sharon Martin, CJE, Wichita, Kansas
Carol Medcalf, Las Vegas
Leslie Shipp, MJE, Grimes, Iowa
Mitch Ziegler, CJE, Torrence, California
Pam Bunka, Fenton, Michigan
Jack Denker, Elkhorn, Nebraska
Lori Oglesbee-Petter, McKinney, Texas
Julie Goldstein, Henderson, Nev.
Mark Newton, MJE, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Nancy Thompson, Henderson, Nev.
Dan Austin, Granite Bay, Calif.
Deanne Brown, Austin, Texas
John Cutsinger, CJE, Orlando, Fla.
Jim Jordan, Fair Oaks, Calif.
Crystal Kazmierski, Monrovia, Calif.
Konnie Krislock, Newport Beach, Calif.
Casey Nichols, CJE, Rocklin, Calif.*
Terry Pitkin, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Margaret Sorrows, CJE, Sherwood, Ark.
Stan Zoller, MJE, Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Jane Blystone, MJE, North East, Pa.
Candace Brandt, Charlotte, N.C.
Gloria “Lori” Eastman, Denver, Colo.
Brenda Gorsuch, MJE, Mills River, N.C.
Trudy Hurd, CJE, Flora, Ill.
Mary Inglis, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Janet Levin, MJE, Wheeling, Ill.
Rodney Lowe, Michigan City, Ind.
Wayna Polk, MJE, Carbon, Texas
Janelle Schultz, CJE, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Vanessa Shelton, Elsberry, Mo.
Cindy Todd, Austin, Texas
2017 (presentation moved to spring 2018)
2016
Gil Chesterton, San Jose, Calif.
Adrienne Hollifield, CJE, Black Mountain, N.C.
Bob Kay, Libertyville, Ill.
Beth Lail, Statesville, N.C.
Rhonda Moore, Austin, Texas
Susan Newell, MJE, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Mary Patrick, CJE, Goddard, Kan.
Robin Sawyer, Manteo, N.C.
George Taylor, Tamaqua, Pa.
Stephen Wahlfeldt, Fort Collins, Colo.
2015
Deb Buttleman Malcolm, MJE, Moline, Ill.
Linda P. Evanchyk, MJE, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Ann Healey, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Barbara B. Hines, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Gary Lindsay, MJE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Michael B. Riley, CJE, Cody, Wyo.
Sandra Strall, South Rockford, Mich.
Steven Jay Thor, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Steven Unruhe, Durham, N.C.
Thomas E. Winski, MJE, Roseville, Ill.
2014
Bob Bair, MJE, Blair, Neb.
Linda Ballew, MJE, Great Falls, Mont.
Michael Doyle, CJE, Belvidere, Ill.
Carol R. Eanes, Morganton, N.C.
Jack Kennedy, MJE, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Kay Locey, CJE, Puyallup, Wash.
David Massy, CJE, Lenexa, Kan.
Jim McGonnell, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Barbara McLachlan, CJE, Durango, Colo.
Jeff Nardone, formerly of Grosse Pointe, Mich.*
Carol Neal, Pompano Beach, Fla.
Diane E. Schutt, Fairbury, Neb.
Ann Visser, MJE, Pella, Iowa
2013
Pat S. Graff, New Mexico
Rod Howe, Nebraska
Dianne Kuppig, Nebraska
Mary Luckenbill, CJE, Arizona
Cheryl Pell, Michigan
Ann Quinlan, Nebraska
Mark R. Sherwood, Florida
Terry L. Sollazzo, Florida
Darryl Stafford, Colorado
Mark Thompson, CJE, Illinois
Kay H. Windsor, North Carolina
2012
Sharleen K. Ball, Nebraska
Sam Bidleman, Pennsylvania
Edward Bray, Colorado
Phyllis Cooper, North Carolina
Jill Farkas, Arizona
Sue Farlow, North Carolina
Cornelia Harris, North Carolina
Janice L. Hatfield, CJE, Pennsylvania
Yvonne Johnson, Arizona
Sheila Jones, CJE, Colorado
Joy Lessard, Washington
Susan Miller, North Carolina
Marie Parsons, Alabama
Janet K. Raddish, Nebraska
Steve Slagle, CJE, California
Patricia Turley, Oregon
Kathleen D. Zwiebel, CJE, Pennsylvania
2011
Marian Adams, Idaho*
Linda Mercer, Virginia
Dale Schwalm, Nebraska
2010
Linda M. Crandall, Nebraska
Janet Elbom, Texas
Nancy Freeman, Missouri
Lorraine D. Gauvin, Ohio
Michael P. Gordy, Illinois
Nancy Hastings, Indiana
John Hudnall, Kansas
Thelma Johnson, Texas
Linda Kane, Illinois
Mary Lauck, Colorado
Janet McKinney, Indiana
John Tagliareni, New Jersey
2009
Herman Albers, Illinois
Laurie Erdmann, Illinois
Nick Ferentinos, California*
Terry M. Nelson, Indiana
Steve O’Donoghue, California
Linda Puntney, Kansas
James Starnes, Illinois
Gretchen Wehmhoff-Stoltze, Alaska
2008
Ron Bonadonna, CJE, New Jersey
Don Cosgrove, Arizona
John Culbertson, Wisconsin
Susan V. Everett, MJE, New Jersey
Bill Flechtner, MJE, Oregon
Nancy Giuliani, Oregon
Betsy Pollard Rau, Michigan
Martha Rothwell, North Carolina
Charlotte Titcomb, Illinois
Randy Vonderheid, Texas*
2007
Linda Barrington, MJE, Wisconsin
Kathy Craghead, MJE, Missouri*
Clarissa Crozier, Colorado
Kathy Daly, Colorado
Paul Ender, California
Barbara O. Erickson, Illinois
Robert Esler, Wisconsin
Dianne Gum, Colorado
Marta Hedde-Wood, Colorado
Sandra Jacoby, Wisconsin
Richard Johns, Iowa
Jan Kohls, Wisconsin
Janice Pavelco, CJE, Pennsylvania
Alyce Stanwood, California
Lynn K. Strause, Michigan
2006
Elizabeth Dickey, South Carolina
Arthur "Dick" Dixon, Colorado
Margaret "Peggy" Gregory, Arizona
Frances Henry, Colorado
Diana Peckham, Illinois
Sheila Pedersen, Nebraska
2005
Nancy Becker, Wisconsin
Pamela Corliss, California
Jeff Currie, Illinois
Sarah Doerner, Illinois
Barbara Hadley, New Mexico
Carla Harris, Oregon
Ted Heiser, Illinois
Linda Kennedy, Indiana
Robin Morris, Washington
Carol Park, Illinois
Joe Pfeiff, Arizona
Linda Profetto, Illinois
Gary Raaberg, Nebraska
Kathy Stockham, Nebraska
Sherry Tonniges, Nebraska
David Weigand, Wisconsin
2004
Carol Danks, Ohio
Georgia Dunn, Ohio
Wayne Dunn, Ohio
Patricia Ripley, Washington
2003
William Colosimo, Illinois
Patricia Krell, Illinois
Dot Stegman, Kansas
Cathie Parks, Arizona
Randy Swikle, Illinois
Carmen Wendt, Arizona
Gloria Olman, Michigan
2002
Sharon Gentry, New Mexico
Bill Hankins, Missouri
Marcia Hankins, Missouri
Jan Watt, Oregon
2001
Sue Barr, Oregon
Richard Allen Sr., California
Andrea Henderson, California
Jean E Baldikoski, Illinois
Melinda R Foys, Illinois
Charlotte Harrison Huggins, Illinois
Susan Hathaway Tantillo, Illinois
Suzanne J Tedell, Illinois
Molly Clemons, Missouri*
Ron Clemons, Missouri
Pam Smith, Texas
Kay D. Phillips, North Carolina
Howard Spanogle, North Carolina*
Marie R. Harris, Virginia
Carole Remick, Massachusetts*
Michael J. Vieira, Massachusetts
2000
Marilyn McElroy, Michigan
Beverly Friedman, New Mexico
Karen Flowers, South Carolina
1999
Afton Bitton, Idaho
Merle Dieleman, Iowa
HL Hall, Missouri
Carol Lange, Virginia
Nancy Ruth Patterson, Virginia
John Wheeler, Illinois
1998
Betty Morton, Virginia
1997
Sister Rita Jeanne Abict, Wisconsin*
Alyce S. Culpepper, Florida
Dorothy McPhillips, Washington*
David Smith, Michigan
1996
Jane Everest, Alabama
Richard Fitz, Virginia*
JoAnne Graham, Oklahoma
Margaret Johnston, Georgia
Peg Zidonis, Ohio
1995
James Driscoll, Georgia
V. LaVerne Forest, Nevada*
Ed Galdrikian, California
Larry Mack, Michigan
1994
Jim Davidson, Texas*
Albert H. (Bert) Smith, Virginia*
1993
Shirley Moravec, Florida
Marion Parten, Florida
Fern Valentine, Washington
1992
Sylvia Daughtry, Georgia
1991
Dorothy Mootafes, Washington
Hilda Walker, California*
1990
Marjorie Brooks, California
Huldah (Hud) S. Clark, Virginia*
Rod Vahl, Iowa*
1989
Robert Boyle, Illinois
Ruth Marie Griggs, Indiana*
1988
Ret Lt Col Fred Frank, New Mexico*
Barbara Nilson, Washington
Freeman Hover, Arizona
1987
Jackie Engel, Kansas
Lu Flannery, Washington
John T. Reque, Illinois
Eleanor Wallis, Washington
Kathleen Zellmer, Washington, D.C.*
* deceased