CWU President Named To UW Hall Of Fame

October 14, 2004

Contact: Robert Lowery (509-963-1487/fax 509-963-2301/e-mail: loweryr@cwu.edu)

ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Central Washington University President Jerilyn S. McIntyre was among those inducted into the inaugural class of the University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame.

The hall was developed to recognize graduates from the UW department of speech communication, school of communications and recently formed department of communication who have had a significant impact on society and the community through their vision, leadership and service.

McIntyre received her Ph.D. in history and communication from UW in 1973.

"I felt honored to be part of this distinguished group," McIntyre said. "I'm also very proud to have been part of the graduate program, and to have learned from its innovative faculty and in its creative environment. Some of the graduate students I studied with there are still among my best friends."

In honoring McIntyre, Dr. Gerald Baldasty, UW communication department chair, said, "At the University of Utah and at Central Washington University, you have demonstrated both vision and passion, upholding high academic standards and demonstrating an abiding concern for students. We salute your leadership and dedication to educational excellence."

McIntyre was one of more than 11,000 UW communication alumni eligible for the prestigious award. Nominations were accepted earlier this year, with a committee of UW faculty and staff members making the final selections.

"We chose to honor 14 alumni this year as representing the very best of our many alumni," Baldasty said.

McIntyre was joined in the inaugural class by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winners cartoonist David Horsey and investigative reporter Eric Nalder, both of the Seattle P-I; television weatherman Steve Pool; comedy writer Mort Lachman; former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice; Ron Chew, executive director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum; James King, executive editor of the Seattle Times; Robert Merry, president and publisher of Congressional Quarterly Inc.; public relations executive Kathleen Miller; Tamar Katriel, communication professor at the University of Haifa; Assunta Ng, publisher of the Chinese Post and the Northwest Asian Weekly; and Jody Nyquist an emeritus UW faculty member.