2005 Daily Cardinal Alumni Awards

Daily Cardinal Hall of Fame
This award is given to alumni who have made a major contribution to the history of The Daily Cardinal, and/or who have achieved significant renown in their chosen field. Past winners include Richard Leonard, Susan Davis, Leona Schecter, Miriam Ottenberg, Robert G. Lewis, Neal Ulevich, Walt Bogdanich and Robert Teague, among others.

This year's winners

Willard G. Bleyer, one of the Daily Cardinal's earliest editors and founder of the Wisconsin Journalism School.

Steven Pogorzelski, CEO of Monster.com
Cardinal Business Manager 1983

John Darnton, of The New York Times and winner of the Pulitzer-Prize in 1982 for his reporting from Poland.
Daily Cardinal editor 1967

Jack Geiger, physician, professor at the City University of New York Medical School whose work in rural health care and underserved populations has been cited by the United Nations Population Fund.
Daily Cardinal Editor 1944

Abigail Goldman, reporter for the Los Angeles Times, whose series on Wal-Mart won the Pulitzer Prize last year.
Daily Cardinal campus editor 1992

Robert Taylor Service Award
Named for the Cardinal's longest-serving board member, the late Professor Robert Taylor, this award honors a Cardinal alumnus who performed extraordinary service to The Daily Cardinal, either during his or her tenure as a student editor, or afterward as an alum. Past winners include Bill Swislow, Jeff Smoller, Ivan Strmecki and Brannon Lambert.

This year's winner

Gail Bensinger, who led the Cardinal during the tumultuous '64-'65 term, participated in the Selma March, and stood behind a staff member who was denounced for "living with known communists."

William Wesley Young Award
Named for the Cardinal's founder, this award recognizes a recent Cardinal graduate who has achieved significant advancement in his or her chosen career within five to fifteen years of leaving the newspaper. Past winners include Anthony Shadid, John Kovalic and Peter Kafka.

This year's winner

James Norton, 1998 Cardinal editor in chief, formerly the Middle East Editor for the Christian Science Monitor and now director of research for Al Franken's "The O'Franken Factor" on Air America Radio.

Alumnus of the Year Award
Given to the Cardinal alumnus who has achieved the most outstanding level of work in the past year. Past winners include Marilyn Johnson Shuman, Nancy Bobrowitz, Jonathan Wolman and Ben Karlin.

This year's winner

Anthony Shadid, whose coverage of the war in Iraq for the Washington Post, undertaken at great risk to himself just a short time after being wounded by gunmen in Ramallah while covering the Palestinian intifada there, was recognized with a Pulitzer Prize last year.

A special thanks to all those who submitted suggestions and nominees. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Hope to see you all at this year's event!