The University of Missouri-St. Louis and St. Louis Mercantile Library recently inducted 24 media professionals into the St. Louis Media Halls of Fame during a ceremony at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.
The 2007 inductees are:
* Print: the late O.K. Bovard, the late Joseph Charless, Mary Kimbrough, David Lipman, Mike Peters, Donald M. Suggs.
* Public relations/Advertising: the late Bea Adams, the late William D’Arcy, John Graham, the late Bob Hillard, Michael Roarty, Helen Weiss.
Radio: the late Donny Brooks, Jim Holder, William Hopkins, Anne Keefe, Ray Otis, Steven B. Stevens.
* Television: Dick Ford, Karen Foss, the late Harold “Hod” Grams, Harry Gibbs, Keith Gunther, John Roedel.
The St. Louis Media Halls of Fame were established in 2006. Inductees were chosen based on their contributions to and influence in media, on both local and national levels.
The St. Louis Media Halls of Fame represent a merger of the internet-based St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame and the print and television halls; the public relations/advertising hall is a new category. They are housed in the St. Louis Mercantile Library on the UMSL campus.