Writers, Journalists, Artists

  • Artists:
    • Robert E. Timberlake (1981), honored American artist
    • Wilson P. Hurley (1985), western landscape artist
    • Thomas Wesselmann (1993), internationally-acclaimed artist
  • Authors:
    • George Ade (1935), author (Fables in Slang) and playwright (1935)
    • Roy C. Andrews (1935), naturalist, explorer, and author
    • Chase S. Osburn (1935), philanthropist and author
    • Booth Tarkington (1937), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Magnificent Ambersons [Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1919], Alice Adams [Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1922], and Penrod children's books as well as several motion picture screenplays)
    • Colin Clements (1939), playwright and novelist
    • Martin Flavin (1946), playwright (Children of the Moon ) and novelist (Journey in the Dark [Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1944])
    • Hervey Allen (1950), Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist (Anthony Adverse) and biographer of Edgar Allen Poe
    • Fletcher B. Knebel (1955), columnist and author (Vanished)
    • H. Cavett Robert (1979), award-winning speaker, author and management consultant  
    • Francis ``Buck" Rodgers (1989), author and lecturer, former IBM executive
    • H. Jackson Brown (1993), author: Life's Little Instruction Book
  • Journalists: (These men were associated with associated with the newspapers mentioned at the time each was named a Significant Sig.)
    • Wythe Williams (1946), correspondent, commentator and author
    • Royal A. Gunnison (1948), war correspondent
    • Steve Hannagan (1948), prominent press agent
    • George L. Moorad (1950), reporter, commentator, and war correspondent
    • Raymond P. Brandy (1952), Washington correspondent
    • David L. Ashenfelter (1983), Detroit journalist and 1982 Pulitzer-Prize winner
    • John N. Wilford, Jr. (1987), Pulitzer Prize-winning writer: The New York Times
    • John W. Mashek (1989), Washington D.C. correspondent: Atlanta Journal and Boston Globe
  • Publishers: (These men were associated with the newspapers, journals, and/or publishing houses at the time each was named a Significant Sig.)
    • James G. Stahlman (1937), President and publisher: Nashville Banner
    • Robert H. Ferger (1950), Publisher: The Cincinnati Enquirer
    • Kent Cooper (1952), Executive Director: Associated Press
    • Fred C. Millis (1952), advertising expert and newspaper publisher
    • Donald W. Anderson (1963), Publisher: Wisconsin State Journal
    • Ralph E. McGill (1967), Editor and Publisher: Atlanta Constitution
    • Martin S. Hayden (1969), Editor: The Detroit News
    • Charles D. Hepler (1971), Publisher: Reader's Digest
    • Kenneth M. Grubb (1973), retired Board Chairman, Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
    • Charles A. Jones (1973), President: Charles E. Merrill Books
    • Charles E. Swanson (1973), President: Encyclopedia Britannica
    • Champ Clark (1975), Former Senior Editor, Time Magazine
    • William J. Keating (1977), President and Editor: Cincinnati Enquirer and former U.S. Congressman (Ohio)
    • Richard G. Capen, Jr. (1981), Senior Vice-President: Knight-Ridder newspapers
    • James B. Horton (1981), Publisher: Working Woman
    • Robert E. Page (1981), General Manager: San Antonio Express-News
    • William M. Kelley, Jr. (1985), Publisher: Money magazine
    • Thomas C. Redd (1987), Senior Vice-President and Publisher: Family Circle magazine
    • William J. Woestendiek (1987), Executive Editor: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
    • John W. Madigan (1991), Publisher: Chicago Tribune
    • Lee S. Anderson (1993), Editor & Publisher: Chattanooga News-Free Press