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ontherecordmember Scott Myrick at Beck Chapel on theBloomington campus. An I-Woman in bothtrack and cross country, Gall Myrick worked forthe School of Journalism for two years and as areporter and producer for WTIU and WFIU for anotheryear. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in journalismat the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Sangwoo Park, BAJ’05, writes, “I cameback to the U.S. to work as a staff writer for TheKorea Daily, the leading Korean paper in the U.S.Before coming back to the U.S., I worked for atthe paper’s headquarters in Korea.” Park lives inLos Angeles.Kallie J. Bonnell, BAJ’06, joined IndianaHigher Education Telecommunication System ascommunications manager in November. IHETS is aconsortium of Indiana’s public and private highereducation institutions, state government agencies,public libraries, public broadcast stations andK–12 schools collaborating to advance educationand public service activities through sharedtechnology. Former president of the IU chapter ofthe Public Relations Student Society of America,Bonnell previously worked for the law firm TaftStettinius & Hollister, where she advanced frommarketing assistant to marketing and businessdevelopment coordinator. The Young Professionalsof Central Indiana named Bonnell itsOutstanding Young PR Professional of the Year in2009. She lives in Indianapolis.Claire E. Chappell, BAJ’06, has joined Toronto-basedCarlisle Group, where she is an accountexecutive for Rolls Royce in Indianapolis.Christina Galoozis Hill, BAJ’06, is an editorat Imagination Publishing in Chicago. She writeson political issues for MyBusiness, the magazinefor members of the National Federation of IndependentBusiness. Hill is a freelance writer, andher work has appeared in Indianapolis BusinessJournal, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Parent,Hybrid Mom, Mindful Metropolis and Whole LifeTimes. She lives in Chicago with her husband,Jason, and daughter, Alexis.In July, Jennifer A. Hurtubise, BAJ’06,started a position as a communications specialistat Indianapolis-based Indiana Hospital Association.The IHA, a not-for-profit trade associationthat supports hospitals in achieving their missionsand goals, provides services related to governmentrelations, communications, data collection,finance, education and patient safety. Hurtubiselives in Avon, Ind.Julia A. Nicewander, BAJ’06, works forJunior Achievement in Chicago.Kara W. Seward, BAJ’06, works in the political,press and public affairs office of the BritishConsulate in Los Angeles. She and her team havebeen working on the consulate’s digital diplomacyefforts, and in August 2009 they launcheda Twitter feed, @UKinLosAngeles. Seward visitedLondon last year to “job shadow” the press officeof former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.She sat in on the daily press briefing by the primeminister’s spokesman and on meetings with theprime minister and his wife, Sarah. Seward livesin Culver City, Calif.Rebecca R. Solomon, BAJ’06, is a reporterand news anchor for television station WVLT inKnoxville, Tenn., where she lives.Jana C. Strange, BAJ’06, is a media relationscoordinator at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.She lives in Indianapolis.Emily S. Thayer, BAJ’06, is a substituteteacher for Bartholomew Consolidated SchoolCorp. in Columbus, Ind. She recently completeda transition to a teaching program in K-6 generaland special education. Thayer lives in Columbus.Rachel Priest Baelz, BAJ’07, formerly ofCorydon, Ind., is the director of the MeadeCounty Public Library in Brandenburg, Ky. Sheand her library team have launched a capitalcampaign for a new $4 million library.Katie M. Farrer, BAJ’07, works forFleishman–Hillard in Chicago. She works solelyon the Motorola account along with teammateC. Ashley Ginascol, BAJ’07, a senior accountexecutive at Fleishman–Hillard, and Becki Leonard,BAJ’07, a PR manager and senior externalcommunications specialist at Motorola, on thelaunch of the company’s Cliq and Droid phones.All live in the Greater Chicago area.Philip L. Johnson, BAJ’07, is a media relationsspecialist for the Indiana Economic DevelopmentCorp. He lives and works in Indianapolis.Ashley M. Lough, BAJ’07, is a legislativecorrespondent in the Washington, D.C., officeof U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind. As part of herwork, she developed and implemented strategiesfor responding to the 2,000 to 3,000 weeklycommunications the congressman receives withina two-week period. In addition, Lough researchesand writes letters on behalf of Ellsworth andmaintains his policy portfolio concerning foreignrelations. She lives in Arlington, Va.Miranda L. McCage, BAJ’07, writes that sheis enjoying her work at Carmel, Ind.-based MediaSauce,where she works on digital marketingand communications strategies. McCage adds,“Marketing and communications are becomingincreasingly digital every day. We’re on the cuttingedge of where marketing is going — and it’sexciting.” McCage lives in Fishers, Ind.Meredith C. Brown, BAJ’08, is a junior accountexecutive at the public relations firm Gibbsand Soell in Raleigh, N.C. She lives in WakeForest, N.C.Sara K. Holtz, BAJ’08, has finished an internshipwith the Muscular Dystrophy Association.She wrote news releases, pitched stories andhandled media relations in eight Indiana andOhio cities. Holtz writes, “It was a great experience.I recommend it to IU students.” Holtz canbe reached at sholz624@gmail.com.Marisa L. Jacoby, BAJ’08, works for theNorth American Precis Syndicate, a firm thatdistributes news releases and feature stories forObituariesthescoopJack K. Overmyer,85, owner and presidentof The Rochester(Ind.) Sentinel, diedMay 21.Overmyer, ’46, wasmanaging editor ofThe Rochester News-Sentinel and Sentinelin Fulton County from1952 to 1966. He became editor and publisherin 1966 and president of the Sentinel Corp. in1970. He assumed full ownership of the newspaperin July 1976. He had started working atthe newspaper as a high school student.At IU, Overmyer was an athletic informationdirector; president of his social fraternity, SigmaAlpha Epsilon; president of the campus chapterof professional journalism fraternity, SigmaDelta Chi; and a member of the Blue Key andSkull and Crescent honorary organizations. Hewas sports editor of the Indiana Daily Studentand the Arbutus.Overmyer’s newspaper career began assports editor for The Rochester News-Sentinelbefore his senior year in high school. He remainedon staff as general news reporter for ayear after high school graduation, then enrolledat Indiana University in May 1942. He workedat The Indianapolis Star as a sportswriter for sixyears before rejoining the News-Sentinel.In an article, “Ernie Pyle: A Hoosier WorthRemembering,” published in the Sentinel Dec.13, 1994, Overmyer recalled that the WorldWar II correspondent also was a member of theSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. When Pyle cameto IU in November 1944 to receive his honorarydegree, he stopped by the SAE house for a visit.That visit remained “one of my fondest andbrightest memories,” Overmyer wrote.Overmyer was author of A Stupendous Effort:The 87th Indiana in the War of the Rebellion,which traced Fulton County soldiers in theCivil War. He wrote and published three otherbooks, all compilations of his speeches andpieces from his long-running Sentinel column,“Considered Comment.” His final Sentinelcolumn ran three days before his death.Paul F. Thompson, BS’26, editor of the IndianaDaily Student during the 1925–26 school year,died Aug. 22 at age 107. After graduation,Thompson returned to his hometown, Peru, andjoined the staff of the Peru Republican. In 1930,he went to work for the manufacturing firmH.A. Thrush & Co., later Thrush Products Inc.He became president and CEO of the companyin 1959.< 46 < 46 > > newswire / / Fall 2010Spring Fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 46 >