Designees of the Business News Luminaries of the Century
Forty-two of the 100 named to the list of Business News Luminaries of the Century were deceased. Other honorees were unable to attend the March 10 dinner. In their absence, family members, noted peers and contemporaries who shared either some link with the honoree or their accomplishments were asked to sit on stage and stand on their behalf. Following is a list of those designees:
-
Alan Abelson -- Kate Welling, who worked with Mr. Abelson more than 20 years at Barron's.
Former Barron's staffer Kate Welling had a chance to catch up with Donald McDonald, former vice chairman of Dow Jones & Company.
- Joseph J. Ackell -- Family friend Susan Crowe.
- Clarence W. Barron -- Great-granddaughter Jane McElree, who serves on the board of Dow Jones & Company.
- Mel Beiser -- Mr. Beiser's daughter, Melanie Beiser.
The Beiser family: Elana Beiser, niece of recipient Mel Beiser, Susannah, Mr. Beiser's daughter, and her sister, Melanie, at the reception.
- Elliott V. Bell -- Daniel Bases, current president of the New York Financial Writers' Association, which Mr. Bell helped found.
Daniel Bases, president of the New York Financial Writers'
Association
- Larry Birger -- Mr. Birger's son Steve.
- Robert M. Bleiberg -- Mr. Bleiberg's son, Richard.
- Dorothea Brooks -- Majorie Silverman, who worked with Ms. Brooks after she left UPI and joined PRNewswire.
- Gene Cervi -- His daughter, Cle Simmons, who served as publisher of Cervi's Rocky Mountain Journal following her father's death.
- John Chamberlain -- Family Peter Himler, executive vice president of media relations at Burson-Marsteller.
- Lindley H. Clark Jr. -- Wall Street Journal reporter Tom Herman, whom Mr. Clark served as a role model for.
- G.D. Crain Jr. -- His two sons, Rance, president of Crain Communications, and Keith, chairman of Crain Communications.
- Burton Crane -- Money magazine veteran Jordan Goodman, who wrote The Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, which includes some of the terms Mr. Crane coined.
- Dan Dorfman -- Kate Bohner, who as assistant managing editor of JAGnotes News, works with Mr. Dorfman.
- Philip H. Dougherty -- His son, Paul.
- Louis W. Fairchild -- Jane Reilly, former senior editor at former Fairchild publication Men's Wear Magazine and a member of the New York Financial Writers' Association.
- B.C. Forbes and Malcolm Forbes -- Forbes corporate communications director Ray Healy.
- Bernard A. Goldhirsh -- Former Inc. editor Stephen Solomon, director of the Business and Economic Reporting program at New York University.
- William H. Grimes -- Dan Henninger, deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page.
- Louis Guenther -- Stephen Taub, former editor in chief of Financial World, the magazine Mr. Guenther founded.
- Henry Hazlitt -- Donald J. Boudreaux, executive director of the Foundation for Economic Education, a free-market think tank that Mr. Hazlitt helped found.
- Kenneth C. Hogate -- David Bohmer, director of the Center for Contemporary Media at DePauw University, where Mr. Hogate was graduated.
- John W. Huey Jr. -- Fortune senior writer Patricia Sellers.
- Wanda Jablonski -- Jan Stuart, editor of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, the newsletter Ms. Jablonski started.
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly editor Jan Stewart accepts for
Wanda Jablonski
- Mike Jensen -- Dan Forbush, president of ProfNet, a subsidary of PRNewswire.
- Joseph Kaselow -- Mr. Kaselow's son, Fred.
- William F. Kerby -- Dow Jones & Company board of directors member Leslie Hill.
- Bernard Kilgore -- His son, James, publisher of The Princeton Packet, which Bernard Kilgore purchased in 1955.
- W. M. Kiplinger -- His son, Austin Kiplinger, editor emeritus of The Kiplinger Washington Letter.
- Albert L. Kraus -- Gordon Platt, Trade Finance Editor for The Journal of Commerce, whom Mr. Kraus mentored.
- J.A. Livingston -- Olivia Mayer, project editor and head researcher for the Business News Luminaries of the Century Awards.
- Henry R. Luce -- New York University professor Mitchell Stephens, who is the author of A History of News and was history consultant to the Newseum.
- James McGraw -- Robert Pondiscio, communications director for Business Week.
- Alexander Dana Noyes -- Christine Bockelmann, co-author of The New York Times Century of Business, which includes articles by Mr. Noyes.
- William J. O'Neil -- Lerry Wilson, of Wilson McHenry Company.
- Sylvia F. Porter -- Personal finance writer Kathy Kristof who took over for Ms. Porter after her death.
- A.H. Raskin -- His wife, Marge.
Marge Raskin, wife of honoree A.H. Raskin, is joined by her son, Dr. Geoffry Campe, family friend Rosemarie Wolf and granddaughter, Robin Schroeder.
- Hobart Rowen --His wife, Alice.
- Vermont C. Royster -- Wall Street Journal editor Robert Bartley.
Robert Bartley of the Wall Street Journal accepted for Vermont Royster.
- Louis Rukeyser and Merryle S. Rukeyser -- William Rukeyser, a former contributing editor of CNN Financial News, managing editor of Fortune magazine, and the founding managing editor of Money magazine, who is Louis Rukeyser's brother, and Merryle Rukeyser's son.
- Eileen Shanahan -- Former New York Times correspondent Pamela Hollie, who is the Kiplinger Professor of the Ohio State University School of Journalism and Communications.
- Stephen B. Shepard -- Robert Pondiscio, communications director for Business Week.
- Sam Shulsky -- His son, Abram.
- Leonard Silk -- Susan Lee, an economist, author and National Public Radio commentator.
- Upton Sinclair -- Susan Antilla, columnist for Bloomberg Business News, who champions individual investors' rights.
- C. Norman Stabler -- His son, Richard.
- Ida M. Tarbell -- Her grand-niece Caroline Tarbell Tupper.
Caroline Tarbell Tupper, grand-niece of honoree Ida Tarbell.
- Francis Edmonds Tyng -- Peter Tirschwell, editor of The Journal of Commerce.
- Margaret Bourke-White -- Fortune picture editor Michele McNally.
- Lewis H. Young -- His daughter, Ann.
|
|
