WHAT: Formal inperson induction of three prominent alumni and 11 other journalism alumni greats into new Hall of Achievement at UO School of Journalism and Communication Alumni Dinner

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 22, Black Tie Hall of Achievement Dinner

6:30 p.m. Reception

7 p.m. Dinner

7:45 p.m. Induction Ceremony

WHERE: Valley River Inn, 1000 Valley River Way

WHO: • Ed Artzt, ’51, chairman and chief executive officer of Procter & Gamble

• The Honorable Alfred T. Goodwin, ’47, J.D. ’51, senior justice and former chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

• Fred Taylor, ’50, former executive editor of the Wall Street Journal

"Our alumni and faculty have talked for some time about how best to honor the remarkable accomplishments and contributions of our alumni in so many different fields," explained Tim Gleason, UO Journalism and Communication dean. "As a result of a generous gift from The Register-Guard," Gleason explained, "the Hall of Achievement will be housed in a seminar room that is part of the ongoing Allen Hall renovation. The members of the Hall of Achievement will serve as a daily reminder to our current students of their potential.

Other Alumni selected for the Hall of Achievement include:

Don Belding, ’19, founding partner of Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency and creater of the very successful Smokey Bear fire prevention campaign; Paul Brainerd, ’70, founder and president of Aldus Corp., maker of PageMaker software; E. Palmer Hoyt, ’23, former publisher of The Oregonian and The Denver Post; Helen Angell Kitchen, ’42, director of African Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., and one of the United States’ most respected and widely published authors on African affairs; Tom McCall, ’36, former Oregon governor; Lucile McDonald, ’19, author of popular fiction and history and pioneering woman journalist; Richard Neuberger, ’35, former U.S. senator, newspaperman and nonfiction author; Randy Shilts, ’75, reporter, author and pioneering crusader in the battle against AIDS; Eric Allen, who in 1916 became the school’s first dean, who established the first graduate journalism program in the Northwest; Charles Duncan, who served as UO journalism dean from 1955 to 1971 and wrote two books on Northwest history and edited a popularly selling book of his columns; and George Turnbull, who served as dean from 1944 to 1948 and wrote four books on Northwest journalism and Oregon history.

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