WNA Foundation honors 12 during Memorial Pylon in Eagle River
Jun. 7, 2019
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation inducted 12 industry leaders during today’s WNA Memorial Pylon ceremony in Eagle River, Wis.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation inducted 12 industry leaders during today’s WNA Memorial Pylon ceremony in Eagle River, Wis.
Graham Foster, Jr., who worked for 38 years as the editor of the Tomahawk Leader newspaper, died Tuesday, May 28. He was 89.
Steve Lyles, who spent 24 years at Journal Community Publishing Group, died Tuesday, May 28, after he collapsed at work following a workout.
Bob Sollen, a UW-Madison graduate who once wrote a column that criticized and shook up its journalism school, died Friday, May 10. He was 97.
Marjorie G. (Currey) Nelson, who with her husband founded the Burnett County Sentinel, died Thursday, May 2. She was 94.
Marlene Mae (Chapman) Perry, who worked for The Reporter in Fond du Lac, died Friday, May 3. She was 80.
Chris (Mudge) Monroe, former Iowa Newspaper Association executive director, will be remembered next week during a celebration of her life.
Meg Theno, who served as Wisconsin State Journal photo editor for seven years and spent nearly two decades at Madison newspapers, died Tuesday at age 66.
Jonathan Wolman, editor and publisher of The Detroit News, and son of Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Famer J. Martin “Murph” Wolman, died Monday, April 15.
Gregory Stanford, whose career with The Milwaukee Journal and Journal Sentinel spanned four decades, died Saturday, April 6, of lung cancer.