Alumni 1975-76

1976 Championship Winners

Writing Winners

First Place David S. Klein, University of Florida, $2,000 Scholarship
Second Place Lynn Thompson, University of Washington, $1,500 Scholarship
Third Place David S. Smith, University of Florida, $1,000 Scholarship
Finalist Michael Wayne Horne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Finalist Ann Inskeep Nykanen, Arizona State University, $500 Scholarship
Finalist Jeann Linsley, Colorado State University, $500 Scholarship
Finalist Ron Ruggless, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $500 Scholarship
Finalist Kent R. Schoknecht, University of Southern California, $500 Scholarship

Photo Winner

First Place Dan J. Dry, Ohio University, $1,500 Scholarship

1975-76 Monthly Competition Winners

October 1975 General News Writing
David S. Smith, University of Florida, 1
David S. Klein, University of Florida, 2
Bruce Henderson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3
Lynn Thompson, University of Washington, 4
Steve Bogira, Northwestern University, 5
James Leeke II, Ohio State University, 6
Jacalyn Golston, California State University, Fresno, 7
Frederick S. Kempe, University of Utah, 8
Marcia Smith, Texas Tech University, 9
Ira D. Perry, Texas Tech University, 10

November 1975 Feature Writing
Ann Inskeep Nykanen, Arizona State University, 1
Jose Miguel Sariego, University of Florida, 2
Michael Wayne Horne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3
Jae L. Berry, Indiana University, 4
Peter M. Rinearson, University of Washington, 5
John Edman, Arizona State University, 6
Nancy Stohs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 7
James Yavorcik, Ohio State University, 8-tie
Frederick S. Kempe, University of Utah, 8-tie
Dorothy Reinhold, University of Southern California, 10

December 1975 Editorial Writing
Jeann Linsley, Colorado State University, 1
Joyce M. Murdoch, University of Georgia, 2
Carole Huber Braun, Indiana University, 3
Leslie Golay Sheffield, University of Florida, 4
Douglas Hampton, University of Montana, 5
Joanne Hollister, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 6
Dennis Ellsworth, University of Kansas, 7
Timothy Pittma,n University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8
Eric M. Schmit,z Ohio State University, 9-tie
Robert Elledge, San Diego State University, 9-tie

January 1976 General News Writing
Lynn Thompson, University of Washington, 1
Wendy Marcus, University of Washington, 2
David S. Klein, University of Florida, 3
C. Christine Morris, Indiana University, 4
Tom Ruppel, California State University, Fresno, 5
Jayne Clark, Arizona State University, 6-tie
Paula H. Jolly Binder, University of Kansas, 6-tie
Linda Lowe Austin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8
Betty Renkor, Northern Illinois University, 9
Leah Rozen, Pennsylvania State University, 10

February 1976 Investigative Writing
Kent R. Schoknecht, University of Southern California, 1
Samuel T. Katz, University of Texas at Austin, 2
Richard Firstman, Ohio State University, 3
David J. Freed, Colorado State University, 4
Robert Walker, University of Utah, 5
Richard Wakely, West Virginia University, 6
Scott D. Harris, California State University, Fullerton, 7
John A. McCoy, University of Washington, 8
Scott A. Zamost, Northwestern University, 9
Eric P. Lucas, Colorado State University, 10

March 1976 Spot News Writing
Ron Ruggless, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1
Raymond B. Manley, San Jose State University, 2
William M. Sniffen, University of Kansas, 3
Allen J. Cone, Indiana University, 4
Joseph P. Bordlee, III, Louisiana State University, 5-tie
Michael Wayne Horne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5-tie
Norman Eisenberg, West Virginia University, 7
Diane Mason, Arizona State University, 8-tie
Rowan L. Scarborough, III, University of Maryland, 8-tie
Barbara E. Arnold, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 10

March 1976 Photo
Dan J. Dry, Ohio University, 1
Donald P. Pierce, University of Kansas, 2
Joseph Vitti, Ohio University, 3
Richard G. Wood, Indiana University, 4
George Kochaniec, Jr., University of Florida, 5
John E. Moran, University of Florida, 6
Chuck W. Pratt, Arizona State University, 7
Andrew D. Hayt, Arizona State University, 8
Steve Boerner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 9
Tim Janicke, Kansas State University, 10