Virginia Communications Hall of Fame
All inductees, 1986 – 2007
1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990
1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 2000
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006| 2007
2008 Award Recipients
Rick Boyko
Director and Profession, VCU Brandcenter
Peter Easter
Chairman and Director of Public Affairs, Easter Associates, Inc.
John Edwards
Editor and Publisher, The Smithfield Times
J. Malcolm "Jay" Pace, III
Former Editor and Owner, The Herald-Progress
Mark Raper
Chairman & CEO, CRT/tanaka
See a slideshow of the 2008 induction ceremony.
2007 Award Recipients
Grady James
Mass Communications Editor
Marvin Lake
Newspaper Editor
Herm Reavis
Radio Pioneer
Ginger Stanley
Newspaper Trade Association Executive
See a slide show of the 2007 awards ceremony.
2006 Award Recipients
David Baldacci
Bestselling Author
Helen Dewar
Political Reporter
Eva Teig Hardy
Senior Vice President, Dominion
Overton Jones
Journalist, Richmond Times-Dispatch
2005 Award Recipients
Robert A. “Bob” Brown
Senior photographer, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Donald A. Perry
President, First Commonwealth Cablevision
Larry Saunders
Chairman, Max Media Radio Group
Dr. Charles W. Sydnor
President and CEO, Commonwealth Public Broadcasting
(*Inducted posthumously)
2004 Award Recipients
John D. Evans
Co-founder, C-SPAN; Chair and CEO of Evans Telecommunications Company
Dr. Nelson D. Lankford
Editor, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Aubrey Eugene Loving Jr.
Chairman and CEO of Max Media LLC
William H. Millsaps Jr.
Vice President and Executive Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
2003 Award Recipients
The Honorable Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Newspaper publisher and public servant
Lloyd Dobyns
Broadcaster, NBC; Educator, Jacksonville State University
Dr. Louis W. Hodges
Journalism ethicist and educator, Washington and Lee University
Louise Seals
Managing Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
2002 Award Recipients
Doug Burford
Founder, Burford Company Advertising
Ofield Dukes
Founder, Ofield Dukes & Associates
James S. Wamsley
Travel writer
Wilma Wirt
Journalism educator, Virginia Commonwealth University
2001 Award Recipients
Arthur W. Arundel
President and Founder of Arundel Communications, Inc.
Douglas Brickford Rider, APR
Executive Assistant to the CEO, Reynolds Metals Company and Foundation
Martha W. Steger, APR
Director of Public Relations, Virginia Tourism Corporation
Ulrich Troubetzkoy
Feature and series writer, The Richmond Times-Dispatch; Editor, Virginia Wildlife
Maxwell Robinson*
News anchor, ABC
2000 Award Recipients
Raymond H. Boone
Founder, Paradigm Communications; Editor, Richmond Free Press
R. Beverly Orndorff
Science reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Sandra Mims Rowe
Executive Editor and Vice President, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and Ledger Star; Editor of the Oregonian, Portland
John R. Shreves Jr.
President, Jefferson-Pilot Television
Joseph R. Slay
Founder, Martin Agency
Frank P. Soden
General Manager, WRNL radio
1998 Award Recipients
Robert E. L. Baker
Reporter, Deputy Managing Editor and foreign correspondent, Washington Post
Lou Dean
News and information reporter, WRVA
Pauline Allen Mitchell
Director of Community Relations, Chesterfield County
Perry Morgan
Executive Director, Landmark Communications
William E. Westbrook Jr.
Founder, Westbrook Advertising
1997 Award Recipients
John B. Adams Jr.
CEO, Martin Agency
J. Stewart Bryan III
CEO, Media General
Forrest M. Landon
Editor, Roanoke Times
Joseph E. Nettles*
Reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richard T. Robertson
President, Warner Brothers Domestic Television Distribution
1996 Award Recipients
Norman G. Beatty
Vice President, Colonial Williamsburg
Tim Finnegan
Founder, Tim Finnegan Advertising
Ann Cottrell Free
Washington correspondent, New York Herald Tribune, Newsweek and Chicago Sun Times
Tom Mitchell
Radio personality, WANT-AM; Richmond stringer, JET
1995 Award Recipients
Melville Carico
Reporter, Roanoke Times
John F. Daffron*
Reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mike Hughes
Creative Director and copywriter, Martin Agency
Josiah P. Rowe III
General Manager and Co-publisher, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
H. Donald Winkler
Public Relations educator, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and Longwood College
1994 Award Recipients
John Leard
Vice President, Richmond Newspaper; awarded the Pulitzer Fellowship to South Africa
Lathan Mims
Editor and General Manager, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record
Prescott Rowe
Chairman of the Board, Central Virginia Educational Television
Willard Scott
Weather reporter, Washington WRC-TV and NBC’s “Today Show”
Ken Tomlinson
Reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Director of Voice of America
1993 Award Recipients
Myrtle Barnes
Managing Editor, Newport News Times-Herald and Newport News Daily Press
George Bowles*
Political columnist, Charlottesville Daily Progress
Spencer Christian
Reporter, WWBT-TV; Weather reporter, ABC News
Earl Hamner
Writer, Richmond WMBG
Bill Poole
General Manager, Fredericksburg WFLS
1992 Award Recipients
Joseph F. Awad
Director of Public Relations, Reynolds Metals Company
Thomas P. Chisman
Founder, Peninsula Broadcasting Corporation
Paul Duke
Journalist, The Associated Press
Alf Goodykoontz
Executive Director, Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News Leader
Rosser Reeves*
Advertising Manager, Morris Plan Book of Virginia
David Manning White
Journalism educator, Virginia Commonwealth University
1991 Award Recipients
Russell Baker
Columnist, New York Times; twice won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary
William Kearney
Broadcasting educator, Hampton University
Edwin O. Meyer*
Executive Manager, Virginia Press Association
Helen Hill Miller
Washington correspondent, Newsweek; Editor, New Republic
Laurence Richardson
Owner, Charlottesville Broadcast Corporation
1990 Award Recipients
James K. Batten
Executive Director, Charlotte Observer
George Crutchfield
Journalism educator, Virginia Commonwealth University
Guy Friddell
Columnist, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk Ledger-Star and Richmond News Leader
Beverly Lawler
Founder, Public Relations Institute, Virginia’s first public relations firm
Donald B. McCammond
First Virginia President, Public Relations Society of America
1989 Award Recipients
Alden Aaroe
Radio personality, WRVA
Ann Compton
News anchor, WDBJ-TV; White House correspondent, ABC News
James J. Kilpatrick
Reporter and syndicated columnist, Richmond News Leader
Charles Rowe
Co-publisher and editor, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
George Stoddart*
Press Secretary for Lt. Gov. Charles S. Robb; Public Relations, Circuit City
1988 Award Recipients
Frank Batten
Publisher, Norfolk Newspapers; Chairman of the Board, The Associated Press
John Harkrader
President and General Manager, WDBJ-TV
Carter O. Lawance
Reporter, The Associated Press
Charles McDowell
Washington correspondent and columnist, Richmond Times-Dispatch
O.W. “Tom” Riegel
Journalism educator, Washington and Lee University
1987 Award Recipients
D. Tennant Bryan
President, Richmond Newspapers
James H. Latimer
Political reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jeffrey K. MacNelly
Political cartoonist, Richmond News Leader; twice won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoonist
David N. Martin
Founder, Martin Agency
Lois Watkins
Owner, Hanover Herald-Progress
1986 Award Recipients
Edmund C. Arnold
Creator, Arnold’s Ancient Axioms of newspaper design
James N. Cargill*
Founder, Cargill, Wilson and Acree Adverting
Lenoir Chambers*
Editor, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
Virginius Dabney
Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
Douglas Southall Freeman*
Editor, Richmond News Leader
Donald J. Gonzales
Correspondent, United Press International; Head of Public Relations, Colonial Williamsburg
Harry M. Jacobs Jr.
President, Martin Agency
John Mitchell*
Editor, Richmond Planet
Roger Mudd
Emmy Award-winning journalist; reporter, Richmond News Leader; News Director, WRNL radio
John Tansey
Broadcaster, WRVA radio
Tom Wolfe
Leading proponent of “new journalism”