SoJ Web Report | March 25, 2010
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| Robert Gildea, BA ’54, received the "Indy PR Legend Award." |
After serving as an Army officer, Gildea became city editor and later news editor of the (Bloomington, Ind.) Herald-Telephone (now The Herald-Times), then was appointed public relations director of the Indiana Area of the Methodist Church, a position he held for 14 years. He joined the public relations firm, then known as Howard S. Wilcox Inc., in July 1971.
Gildea served two terms as president of the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and helped create the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, which recently moved from DePauw University to the IU School of Journalism in Bloomington.
Among numerous other activities, he served on the executive council of the IU Alumni Association for three years and for six years was vice-chairman of the IU School of Nursing Advisory Board. He also has taught public relations at IU Bloomington, IUPUI, and Butler and Ball State universities.
James R. Hetherington, BA’53, received the inaugural Indy PR Legend Award in 2008.
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