Russ Herron, Sue Nichols, four others to be inducted into CMU Journalism Hall of Fame Oct. 29

MOUNT PLEASANT – The former director of information services at Central
Michigan University, three retired faculty members and two alumni who have
achieved distinction in their professional careers are this year’s inductees
in the CMU Journalism Hall of Fame.

The 2004 inductees will be honored Oct. 29 during a ceremony at the Comfort Inn in Mount Pleasant. They include:

• Russell L. Herron, former journalism instructor and adviser to the student
  newspaper Central Michigan Life. He later directed CMU’s information services
  and served as vice president for university relations and secretary to the
  Board of Trustees.
• Neal R. Miller, former CM Life editor and the first graduate of the
  journalism department in 1960. He later wrote for the Lansing State Journal
  and Edwardsburg Argus and became owner and publisher of he Iosco County News
  Herald and Oscoda Press.
• Suzanne Nichols, a member of the journalism faculty from 1969 to 1992.
  She served as the department’s computer guru, establishing the nation’s first
  desktop publishing program for a four-year university journalism program.
  She is the co-author of the book, “Precision Journalism.”
• Sandra Petykiewicz, publisher of the Jackson Citizen Patriot and a 1975
  CMU graduate. She previously worked for the Big Rapids Pioneer, Midland Daily
  News, Saginaw News, Washington Post and Baltimore News American. She served
  as editor of the Citizen Patriot for 12 years.
• Guido Stempel III, a founding CMU journalism faculty member and former
  CM Life adviser who taught at CMU from 1957 to 1965. A prolific writer and
  researcher and distinguished professor emeritus from Ohio University, Stempel
  served as the editor of Journalism Quarterly for 17 years.
• James Wieghart, former chairman of the CMU journalism department. Prior
  to coming to CMU, he served as editor of the New York Daily News, a national
  correspondent for Scripps Howard, a Vietnam War correspondent, reporter for
  the Milwaukee Journal and staff member for Sen. Ted Kennedy.

The induction ceremony will begin at 8 p.m. Oct. 29. A welcoming reception
begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7. Tickets, which cost $50, are available
at Moore Hall 129, CMU, Mount Pleasant, 48859, or by calling (989) 774-1885.