Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Alumni Hall of FameIn 1993, the Cronkite School inducted its first class into the Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame. The charter inductees were Al Michaels, '66, an ABC Sports veteran who served as play-by-play announcer for “Monday Night Football” for two decades, and Bill Redeker, '71, an ABC News correspondent who covered the Middle East, the Far East and the United States during his 30 years with the network. Subsequent inductees have represented virtually all media fields, including print journalism, broadcast journalism, public relations, online media, photojournalism and book publishing. Each year, the Cronkite School faculty selects new members for the Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame. The new members are inducted at the annual Cronkite Luncheon and, in a tradition started in 2005, they also are presented at the school’s convocation ceremony in the year of their induction. The 2007 inductee was Chicago TV journalist Robert Petty. Petty, a leading figure at WLS-TV in Chicago for more than 30 years, graduated from Arizona State University’s journalism program in 1970 as the outstanding senior in the radio/television division. Petty began his professional career as a writer, reporter and producer at KOOL, then the CBS affiliate in Phoenix. In 1971, he joined WLS-TV, the ABC affiliate in Chicago, as a general assignment reporter. He went on to become producer and host of “Weekend Edition” and the anchor of “Saturday Weekend News.” Petty was presented the Silver Circle Award from the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2003 for his contributions to the broadcast industry. He also has been a William Benton fellow in broadcast journalism, participating in a select year-long program at the University of Chicago for radio and television journalists. The Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame inductees (with their affiliation at the time of induction) are: 2007 Robert Petty, WLS-TV, Chicago |
