2021 Chicago Silver Circle Honors Program Book

2021
HONORS

The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Presents the
2021 CHICAGO
HONORS
Sunday
September 12, 2021
Hosted by Jim Williams
2018 Silver Circle Honoree
Order of Presentation:
Jackie Bange
Presented by
Tahman Bradley & Robert Jordan
Marda Le Beau
Presented by Mary Ann Childers
Mark Giangreco
Presented by Jim Williams
Posthumous Honorees:
Lynn Hauldren,
Jack & Elaine Mulqueen,
& Marlin Perkins
Richard Bernal
Presented by Patrick Lake
Jennifer Lyons
Presented by Greg Caputo
Alan Krashesky
Presented by Kathy Brock

2021 CHICAGO/MIDWEST
HONORS
HOSTED BY
JIM WILLIAMS
Jim Williams joined CBS 2 in 2002 as a general assignment reporter and also anchors the station’s weekend evening newscasts.
Additionally, he both produces and hosts the CBS 2 documentary series Stories 2 Tell.
Jim began his broadcast journalism career more than 40 years ago at WGN-TV, where he was a news writer, producer and
reporter. He also wrote newscasts for WGN Radio.
From 1992-1997, he was Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s press secretary, supervising media relations throughout city
government.
For four years, Jim was a correspondent for ABC News, reporting across the country for World News Tonight with Peter
Jennings and Good Morning America. For Nightline, he covered China’s crackdown on the spiritual group Falun Gong.
In May of 2018, Jim was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chicago/Midwest Chapter’s Silver
Circle for his lifetime of work in Chicago television. He serves on the board of the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
Jim was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side. He is a graduate of Kenwood High School and Columbia College. Williams
and his wife, Joyce, have four adult children.
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Dina Bair
Diana Borri
Carole Cartwright
Mary Ann Childers
Nicole Ciccio
Katharin Czink
Mike D’Angelo
Jim Disch
Ann Marie Esp
Patrice Folke
Melissa Forman
Vince Gerasole
Tim Jackson
Steve Jajkowski
Mike Klingele
Jay Levine
Mark Rosenthal
Steve Scheuer
Cheryl Stutzke
Carol Thompson
Ross Weidner
The SILVER CIRCLE AWARD was established by the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding individuals who have
devoted 25 years or more to the television industry and have made significant
contributions to local television.
Nominations are accepted year-round.
For nomination forms, go to: chicagoemmyonline.org/silver-circle

Program Producer/Writer
Jim Disch
Program Editor
Rich Dziagwa
Silver Circle Production
Committee Members
Diana Borri
John Owens
Cheryl Stutzke
Chapter Executive Director
Rebekah Cowing
Student Coordinator
Dan Magner
NATAS Chicago/Midwest
Chapter Officers
John Owens
Board President
John Schippman
1st Vice-President
Nicolas DeGrazia
2nd Vice-President
Lee Hood
Secretary
David Ephraim
Treasurer
NATAS Chicago/Midwest
Chapter Board of Governors
Pablo Alfaro
Nick Blumberg
Diana Borri*
Jamie Ceaser
Sunmee Choi
Nicolas DeGrazia*
Guy DiBenedetto
Jim Disch*
David Ephraim
Melissa Forman
Jessie Garcia
Pam Grimes
Ellee Pai Hong
Lee Hood*
Yolanda Joe
Edie Kasten
Ryan Koscielniak
Justin Kulovsek
Erika Maldonado
Maleek Ndile
John Owens
Afua Owusu
Matt Piacente
Kristin Pichaske
John Schippman
Ron Schofield
Tricia Sloma
Larry Stuelpnagel
Cheryl Stutzke
Roz Varon
(*hiatus year)
Governors Emeritus
Carole Cartwright
Lenore Dupuis
Donald Ephraim
Thea Flaum
Joyce Gallagher
Steve Novak
Lucas Palermo
Ron Weiner
Fred Weintraub
Jack Wilson
Scholarship Chair
Carole Cartwright
Special Thanks
Samantha Albert
Becky Budds
Steve Farber
Jesse Kirsch
Arden Kurhayez
Justin Kulovsek
Andrew Lennie
Holli Levine, Empire Today
Ron Magers
Alefiyah Master
Jayme Nicholas
Steve Novak
Anthony Landahl
NBC Sports Chicago
Flavio Santanna
Tom Schnecke
Joshua Short
Spirit Juice Studios
2021 Chicago/Midwest
VIRTUAL
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AWARDS
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JACKIE BANGE
Jackie Bange is an award-winning journalist who has worked
in Chicago for more than 30 years and is currently weekend
anchor for WGN News at Five, Nine and Ten. Jackie joined
the WGN-TV News team in 1993 as a general assignment
reporter and anchored the WGN Morning News from
January 1995 to October 1995. Jackie also spent 21 years
working with the Weekend team of Robert Jordan, Jim
Ramsey and Rich King. All have since retired. Jackie
continues her weekend work with Tahman Bradley, Mike
Janssen and Lauren Magiera.
Prior to her arrival at WGN-TV, Jackie was a general assignment reporter and weekend
anchor for WMAQ-TV in Chicago from 1989-1992. Before moving to Chicago, Jackie was a
reporter and noon anchor for WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida where she covered city
hall and had the only weekly local scuba diving report in the nation.
Among the countless stories Jackie has covered are the Presidential election nights of
Barack Obama and the election of President Joe Biden. Jackie has also reported from
international locales, including Tanzania, Africa and Paris, France. After Hurricane Katrina,
Jackie brought WGN viewers “Into the Darkness,” a story profiling two local pilots and their
crew who were the first to arrive in New Orleans and help rescue hundreds of stranded
residents. Utilizing night-vision goggles, Jackie recreated the rescue for viewers, and her
report won the Illinois Associated Press award for Best Hard News Feature.
Jackie won an Emmy ® in 1999 for her series as a member of a group who attained a world
record for the largest skydive formation. She also won an AP award for the series and for
aerial photography. She received a Peter Lisagor award in 2009 for her report that helped a
widow “get justice” for her husband who was killed by a suspected drunk driver.
Jackie has worked with Elmhurst College’s Mentor Program for students interested in
journalism. She serves on the board of The Michael Matters Foundation, an organization
created to help those fighting brain cancer. Jackie is involved in the fundraising efforts for A
Safe Place, a domestic violence prevention organization in Lake County. She also volunteers
at the Northern Illinois Food Bank, The West Deerfield Township Food Pantry and Feed My
Starving Children. For her devotion to family, she received the Woman of Honor award from
Thornton Township.
Jackie received her post-baccalaureate degree in Telecommunications from the University
of Florida where she graduated with distinction. Jackie’s undergraduate degree was from
Florida State University in Management Information Systems. She is proud to carry on a
family tradition of television journalism. Her father was a news anchor at WPLG in Miami,
Florida, and at WGAL Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a weathercaster in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. She is married with three children. In her free time, Jackie enjoys traveling,
scuba diving, skydiving and athletic training. She has completed seven Triathlons.

RICHARD BERNAL
Richard Bernal is a lifelong Chicagoan, born on the Southside,
the youngest of 12 in an immigrant Mexican family. He
attended Chicago public schools, graduating from West
Pullman Elementary and Morgan Park High. In 1948, the
Bernal house was the first in the neighborhood to get a TV set.
Chicago broadcasting would become a steady influence
throughout his youth.
As a boy, Richard developed a serious interest in photography
and cinematography. He was a photographer for the high
school student newspaper and yearbooks and thought that photography might be his life’s
work. But a high school field trip to the WBBM-TV studios sparked the idea of possibly
becoming a TV cameraman.
With a TV career as motivation, Richard went to college, first at Wilson Junior College in
Chicago, then finishing at the University of Illinois in Champaign. His camera abilities got him
his first paying job in television at WILL-TV, the university’s PBS station. Fun Fact: Richard’s
first ever TV Election Night was the 1960 JFK/Nixon Presidential Election. Richard was the
first in his family to graduate college. In 1962, he received a B.S. Degree in Journalism &
Communications from the University of Illinois. He considers that his most significant
personal achievement.
Richard served his military obligation as a TV Production Specialist, including a year at the
American Forces Korea Network, directing live TV programs for American troops in South
Korea. He was discharged in 1965, just as the Field newspapers publisher was planning to
start a brand new TV station in Chicago, WFLD, Channel 32. He landed an interview with
Chicago TV legend Sterling “Red” Quinlan and was hired to work in the first crew of “Creative
Assistants” who got the station up and running. On the very first night that Channel 32 went
on the air, Richard was in the room where it happened. Once in the directing rotation,
Richard helmed a wide variety of shows including BJ & Dirty Dragon with Bill Jackson, and
Screaming Yellow Theater hosted by the original “Svengoolie”, Jerry G. Bishop.
In 1971, Richard moved to CBS, WBBM-TV as a staff director. During his 33 years at Channel
2, his assignments ranged from daily programming like the Lee Philip Show, the news with
Bill Kurtis & Walter Jacobson, the Chicago Bears coaches’ show with Mike Ditka to numerous
special projects. At WBBM-TV, he received three Chicago Emmy ® Awards, one for Individual
Achievement as a Director, and two as Director and Co-Producer for Best Children’s Series,
Magic Door. Richard was also the director of Lee Philips’ National Emmy ® award-winning
documentary, The Forgotten Children.
A third chapter in Richard’s Chicago TV History began in 1979 when he was invited to teach
at Columbia College Chicago. Richard’s career there spanned 40 years, offering his
knowledge of TV Directing and Production. Richard takes great pride in knowing that many
of his students are now successful figures in the industry, both in Chicago and around the
USA.

MARK GIANGREGO
Mark Giangreco enjoyed a storied career as a Chicago sports
reporter and anchor for a lot longer than most of the sports
figures he covered. His almost four-decade run in Chicago
began when he was hired as a weekend sports anchor/
reporter at WMAQ-TV in 1982. He quickly became the
station’s sports director along with his reporting and
anchoring duties.
In 1994, Mark joined ABC 7 in Chicago and would remain
there until earlier this year. He became the station’s sports
director and primary sports anchor for the top-rated 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. During his
tenure, Mark earned a reputation for delivering sports with humor and, at times, a bit of
sarcasm. He was considered a sports anchor that even non-sports fans enjoyed watching.
Mark was tagged to participate in various non-sports specials including ABC’s well-viewed
New Year’s Eve coverage co-hosted by Mark and 2013 Silver Circle honoree Janet Davies.
Mark’s broadcasting career began while he was at the University of Dayton. He joined
WING-AM Radio in Dayton, Ohio as a news and sports reporter in 1972. He received his B.A.
in Communications in 1974 and, two years later, became the weekend sports anchor and
reporter at WDTN-TV in Dayton. His final stop before coming to Chicago was WLKY- TV in
Louisville, Kentucky where he served as sports director and anchor.
Over the years, Mark has garnered several awards for his sports reporting including eight
Chicago/Midwest Emmy ® Awards: The 39th Year Itch (1985 sports special), Sports Sunday
(1986 sports series), Countdown to Chicago 2015 and 2020 (2015 and 2020 special event
coverage), Chicago Auto Show Special (2016), and Outstanding Newscast (2017, 2018, and
2020). He has also won two Peter Lisagor Awards, two Associated Press Awards as well as
the prestigious Iris Award from the National Association of Television Program Executives.
He was named Illinois Sportscaster of the Year in 2017.
Mark has three adult sons and the Chicago Father’s Day Council named him “Father of the
Year” in 1996.
Thank you to the MMEA (Midwest Media Educators
Association) for our long-standing partnership.
We value your support.
— NATAS Chicago/Midwest Chapter
mmea.tv

LYNN HAULDREN
Across America and even internationally, people recognize
the Empire Carpet commercials for two distinct reasons, the
Empire Carpet Man and the Empire Carpet jingle. Lynn
Hauldren was the man behind both.
Lynn was an independent copy writer and producer of
broadcast advertising when Empire became his client. In
1977, Lynn created the Empire Carpet Man character. After
unsuccessfully auditioning several actors, the company’s
owner requested that Lynn play the role. The character was
part blue-collar superhero and part pure entertainment. Lynn was the friendly face and the
soft sell.
People from all over the world would stop him on the street and say: "I know you — are you
that TV guy?" And his reply would be: "You watch too much TV!" He appeared in almost
every commercial for the company from 1977 to 2011, the year he died. In 2012, the company
switched to the animated character fashioned after him. You can still hear him say "today" at
the end of every commercial appearing now.
The Empire jingle "800-5-8-8, 2-300, Empire today” has made the company's phone
number one of the most recognizable in the country. The jingle has been the subject of
several late night talk show skits. Lynn also recorded the jingle with his barbershop quartet,
The Fabulous 40s.
Lynn was a decorated World War II veteran. As a 23-year-old radio operator in Asia along the
Burma Road from India to China, he volunteered to answer the call to deliver supplies to
Chinese port cities to troops who were starving from a Japanese naval blockade.
During his career, Lynn won 2 Cleo advertising Awards. He also was a lifelong barbershop
quartet singer. He was awarded the Quartet Champions Association Barbershop Harmony
Society Music Man award in 2007 for his talents and contributions as an international
quartet medalist, eminent writer, parodist, and arranger.
Lynn Hauldren was a boating fanatic known for giving his boats clever musical names such as
Sea Sharp. He also loved to ski, a sport he took up at the age of 60. He was married to Helen
Helmke Hauldren for 68 years. They had 6 children, 16 grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren.

ALAN KRASHESKY
Alan Krashesky has reported and shared major news stories
with Chicago viewers for nearly 40 years. The veteran news
anchor and reporter currently co-anchors three of ABC 7’s
top-rated weekday newscasts at 5 PM, 6 PM and 10 PM.
Among Chicago’s most trusted news anchors, Alan is wellknown
and respected for both his news anchoring and news
reporting. He joined ABC 7 as a general assignment reporter
in 1982 and began co-anchoring ABC 7's 4pm weekday
newscasts and its morning newscasts. In fact, he was the first
anchor of ABC 7's weekday morning news program. Every
newscast he has anchored has consistently been rated No. 1 in the Chicago market.
Alan's reporting in Chicago and abroad has earned high praise. He is considered one of the
top reporters in the market to cover major domestic and international stories, and has been
lauded in particular, for his coverage of the Roman Catholic Church. He has covered three
Chicago Cardinal Archbishops as well as three Popes. He has earned numerous Chicago
Midwest Emmy ® Awards and a Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Award.
Early in his career, Alan served as a news reporter and weathercaster for KTBC in Austin,
Texas. Prior to his work at KTBC, he was a news reporter, weathercaster and weekend sports
anchor at WBNG in Binghamton, New York. He gained his first broadcasting experience in
college when he was a news anchor on WICB-FM radio in Ithaca, New York.
In addition to his career accomplishments, Alan has a long and outstanding history of
volunteering his personal time to community service. He serves as a mentor for students
interested in broadcast journalism and is a local spokesperson for the fight against
Alzheimer's disease. He is also a member of the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Alan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but attended the Milton Hershey School in
Hershey, a residential school for children with financial and social need. The school honored
him as Alumnus of the Year in 2005. He graduated with honors from Ithaca College in
Ithaca, New York, with a B.S. in Communications Management.
He and his wife, Colleen, have three adult children and three grandchildren.

MARDA LE BEAU
Marda Le Beau is proud of her 40 years working in Chicago
news at ABC 7 and CBS 2. From desk assistant to news writer
to producer and executive producer, she has loved every
minute of her career covering everything from war in Israel
to sex-abuse conferences at the Vatican as well as
supervising investigations into corruption here in Chicago.
Marda was born in Chicago and raised in suburban
Lombard.
Most of her time in high school was spent in Thailand where
her microbiologist father was working in epidemic control. She graduated from Mundelein
College which is now part of Loyola University. Her news career started in the late 1970s
when she was hired to answer phones on the ABC 7 assignment desk. Later, she produced
the 4pm and 6pm news as well as the 10pm weekend shows.
But the turning point in her career came when she started producing stories on the health
beat. She and anchor/reporter Mary Ann Childers had a long partnership covering health
and medicine. Their motto was knowledge is power. The more you know about your health,
the more you can take control. They took a critical look at treatments and procedures such as
Lasik and the complaints and side effects no one was talking about. She honed her skills as a
writer and segment producer on the health beat and began to delve into investigations.
Marda and Mary Ann were assigned to Israel during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 when Israel
was attacked by 40 Scud missiles. Fears were high that Iraq would use chemical weapons.
Over the weeks of the conflict, they covered the political situation and the human stories of
Israeli and Palestinian families coping with the stresses of war, gas masks and sealed rooms.
For the last 14 years of her career, Marda was the Executive Producer of the CBS 2
Investigators. Award winning stories by the investigative unit included the critical ambulance
shortage in Chicago, a company spewing fumes linked to cancer into a suburban
neighborhood, Chicagoans getting billed tens of thousands of dollars for water they did not
use and Chicago police terrorizing families by raiding the wrong homes. Marda has won a
national Emmy ® and 10 regional Emmy ® Awards as a producer and 12 more as an executive
producer in addition to Peabody and DuPont Awards.
She juggled this rewarding career with marriage and a daughter. All of it made possible by
Ronald Klein, her incredibly supportive and sharing husband who passed away seven years
ago. Marda’s daughter, Adina Klein, is now a segment producer at Fox 32 Chicago.
Since retiring in May of 2019, Marda has become a docent at the Illinois Holocaust Museum
and Education Center where the mission is to encourage all of us to be upstanders and
speak out when we see injustice. She feels it is an extension of her many years working in
investigative news.

JENNIFER LYONS
Jennifer Lyons joined CBS 2 Chicago as President and
General Manager just last month, another step up the
management ladder for an executive with a proven track
record of success in the Chicago television market.
As the former Vice President of News for NewsNation,
Jennifer led the creation and launch of the new national
cable news outlet. Under her leadership, a daily three-hour
newscast and all digital products were put in motion to
deliver unbiased national news. She oversaw the design and
buildout of NewsNation’s 24-hour newsroom and studio.
Jennifer is an award-winning television news executive with 30 years of experience, more
than 27 in Chicago, the 3rd largest TV market in the United States. Since 1993, she has
worked in a variety of capacities at Chicago’s WGN-TV including Executive Producer of the
WGN Morning and Midday News, Director of News and Content from 2014 to 2020 and
Assistant News Director from 2008 to 2014.
An innovative and industry leading journalist, Jennifer led the conversion of the traditional
broadcast newsroom into a successful multi-platform digital operation by enabling and
organizing the distribution of content on a variety of digital outlets. She also led the charge
to expand WGN’s news footprint by several hours, producing more local news than any
other Chicago station, 75.5 hours weekly. Newscasts can be seen on WGN-TV, WGNTV.com
and the WGN-TV News app.
She began her career in Davenport and Des Moines Iowa, working as a news photographer,
live truck operator and producer for KWQC and WHO after earning a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from Iowa State University. Her Awards
include Chicago/Midwest Emmy ® and Silver Dome awards. And in 2017, Jennifer was named
News Director of the Year by Broadcasting & Cable Magazine. She serves on the Advisory
Council for Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, she
is a member of The Chicago Network and she is active in The Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
Leader Council.

JACK & ELAINE MULQUEEN
Theirs is a love story between a man and a woman… and a
bunch of puppets. They were Jack and Elaine Mulqueen
and they met on Chicago’s south side. Jack had developed
a talent for puppeteering as a child, orchestrating
backyard puppet shows for his neighbors. While stationed
at Fort Carson, Colorado, his Army commander asked Jack
to put on puppet shows to help improve relations with
surrounding communities. When Jack returned to
Chicago, he met and married Elaine where they began a
lifelong partnership not just in the home, but in the TV
studio as well.
Jack and Elaine’s career in children’s TV programming
began in the early 1960s on WTTW when they appeared
on the Totem Club featuring Elaine as Pandora, a fun-loving pixie-like clown. The couple
performed at supermarkets on weekends promoting Borden’s dairy products with “Elsie the
Cow’s Puppet Carnival.”
Jack and Elaine got a big boost in 1962 when they appeared in weekly skits on WGN-TV’s
Bozo’s Circus. That led to a show they produced independently for WGN called The
Mulqueens featuring cartoons and puppetry. As Pandora, Elaine was always the on- camera
star, with Jack creating the puppets and bringing them to life on the airwaves.
In 1965, the Mulqueens took their puppets to WBKB (now WLS) where they debuted a new
program, Kiddie A-Go-Go, a preteen version of American Bandstand. But management
changed at WBKB in 1966 and a new boss said the program contributed to the delinquency
of children. So Jack and Elaine took Kiddie A-Go-Go to UHF upstart WCIU, Channel 26.
Record labels sent stars to appear on the show including Glen Campbell, Lesley Gore, the
Cowsills and Frankie Valli. YouTube visitors can even watch a young New Colony Six perform
on Kiddie A-Go-Go, a video that has been viewed more than 150,000 times.
After Kiddie A-Go-Go went off the air, Jack and Elaine launched Mulqueen Productions,
producing industrial films, radio and TV commercials and promoting events like Disney on
Ice and Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. They also expanded their passion for
television and movies by hosting Hollywood Collectibles, memorabilia shows attended by
thousands of fans.
Although the Mulqueens never had children of their own, they fostered several children over
the years. And Jack and Elaine left a lasting impression on hundreds of thousands of kids
with their groundbreaking work in children’s programming during the early days of television.

MARLIN PERKINS
Zoologist Marlin Perkins began his career at the St. Louis
Zoological Park, rising through the ranks to become the
zoo’s Curator of Reptiles in 1928. From St. Louis, he moved
to the Buffalo Zoological Park in New York, as Curator and
was named Director in 1938. Six years later, Perkins came to
Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, where he served as Director
from 1945 until 1962. He then returned to the St. Louis Zoo
as Director, and from 1970 until his death in 1986 served as
Director Emeritus.
In the 1940s during the early days of experimental television, when only 250 television sets
received a TV signal, Perkins appeared first on Chicago’s WBKB (now WLS-TV) educating
local TV viewers about zoo animals, their characteristics and habitats. These in-studio
appearances on a show called A Visit to Lincoln Park Zoo, led to the creation of Zoo Parade,
a local program airing live on Sunday afternoons from Lincoln Park Zoo. The program
originated on WNBQ (now WMAQ-TV), at a time when TV cameras and equipment were far
from hand-held or portable. Soon after its launch as a local program, Zoo Parade joined the
NBC Television Network, where it aired from 1950-1957. Starting in 1955, Zoo Parade
expanded the show’s scope from its weekly Lincoln Park Zoo location, traveling to film a
series of pioneering on-location programs in Africa.
Zoo Parade’s successful run led to the creation in 1963 of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom,
with Director Don Meier of Don Meier Productions, which aired on NBC for 9 years before it
began first-run syndication in 1971. In 1974 Wild Kingdom parted from NBC and remained in
syndication until 1988. Filmed in 47 countries, it aired in 40 countries and was watched by 34
million Americans on 224 U.S. TV stations during the height of its popularity. Perkins’ many
accolades include five honorary doctorate degrees and his television programs received
industry-wide recognition. Zoo Parade was honored with a Peabody Award and Wild
Kingdom won four National Emmy ® Awards.
Perkins living legacy includes founding, with his wife Carol, the Endangered Wolf Center, a
sanctuary known for protecting and preserving wolves and reintroducing them back into
their natural habitats.
Perkins’ lifetime love of taking pictures went from developing his own black and white
photos to amassing thousands of photographs taken on his world travels. His legacy includes
two substantial collections of archives and memorabilia, The Marlin Perkins Papers located at
The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-St. Louis (SHSMO) and the
Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center in St. Louis. Each may be consulted
by historians and other researchers.
Marlin Perkins pioneered the nature program genre from the earliest years of television and
became one of the most visible advocates for healthy ecosystem preservation, nature
conservation and the protection of endangered species.

CHICAGO
HONOREES
1992-2019
2019
Ed Collins
Jim Kehoe
Dick Marx
Jeff McGrath
Deloris MeBain
Peter Nolan
Monica Schneider
Clifton Utley
Fran Utley
Bob Wallace
Fred Weintraub
2018
Mike Adamle
Chuck Davidson
Bill Frink
Chuck Goudie
Newton Minow
Terry Savage
Frazier Thomas
Robert Trendler
Jim Williams
2017
Mary Ann Ahern
James Angio
Steve Baskerville
Ron Born
Katie Carrillo
Paul Hogan
Gene Siskel
Sam Ventura
Phil Walters
2016
Emily Barr
Lilia Chacon
Mary Ann Childers
P.J. Hoff
Jay Levine
Len O’Connor
Dean Richards
Tim Weigel
Frank Whittaker
2015
Michael Dukewich
Carl Ebert
Alison Ebert
Fahey Flynn
Pamela Grimes
Richard (Ike) Isaac
Paul Meincke
Bob Sirott
Howard Sudberry
Larry Wert
2014
Jerry Bryant
Carole B. Cartwright
Carol Cooling-Kopp
Rich King
Mike Leonard
Larry Yellen
Board Citation:
WBBM 1960 Kennedy-Nixon
Debate Studio Crew
2013
Greg Caputo
Jamie Ceaser
Janet Davies
Mike Flannery
Mike Parker
Jim Rose
Pioneer Award:
Norm Barry
2012
Jorge Barbosa
Marshall Brodien
Jim Disch
Steve Lasker
Norman H. Shapiro
Ed Spray
Burr Tillstrom
2011
William H. Birch
H. Thaine Lyman
Paul Nagaro
Jack Rosenberg
Tom Schnecke
Howard S. Shapiro
Dorothy Tucker
Anna Vasser
2010
Jim Corno
V.J. McAleer
Don Moseley
Art Norman
Steve Sanders
Leda Santodomingo
Pam Zekman
2009
Marcia Danits
Elizabeth Brackett
Paul M. Davis
Arne Harris
Robin Robinson
Jim Stricklin
Jerry Taft
2008
Bob Bell
Renee Ferguson
Gary Meagher
Neal Sabin
Rich Samuels
Cheryl Stutzke
Jack Walsh
Joel Weisman
2007
Len Aronson
Muriel Clair
Jack Hakman
Robert Jordan
Mary Laney
Phil Ruskin
Hedy Zussman

CHICAGO
HONOREES
1992-2019
2006
Charles Boyle
Gloria Brown
Donald M. Ephraim
Theresa Gutierrez
Peter Karl
Roger Lee Miller
2005
Roger Ebert
Bill Jackson
Linda Mancuso
Michael Torchia
Linda Yu
2004
Rich Koz
Frank Mathie
John Martin
Don W. Norton, Sr.
Tom Skilling
Tom Weinberg
2003
Ruben Cruz
Bill Heitz
Bob Lewandowski
Bob Petty
Jim Ruddle
Ron Weiner
Pioneer Awards:
Jean Minetz-Downie
Fran Harris-Tuchman
2002
Fran Allison
Cliff Braun
Joel Daly
Burleigh Hines
Carol Marin
Jeannie Morris
Val Press
2001
John Drummond
Thea Flaum
Allen Hall
Dr. Frances Horwich
Vernon Jarrett
Dick Kay
Jack Taylor
2000
Dr. Robert Adler
Hugh Hill
Johnny Morris
Al Parker
Ray Rayner
Orion Samuelson
Jim Tilmon
Pioneer Award:
Robert Lemon
1999
John Coughlin
Bruce DuMont
Richard Reinauer
Jerry K. Rose
Carole Simpson
Pioneer Award:
H. Leslie Atlass
1998
Eugene Cartwright
Walter Jacobson
Jorie Lueloff
Harry Porterfield
Harry Volkman
Pioneer Award:
Captain Bill Eddy
1997
Harry Caray
Scott Craig
Russ Ewing
Howard Shapiro
Reinald Werrenrath, Jr.
Pioneer Award:
Jules Herbuveaux
1996
Jim Conway
Merri Dee
John Drury
Bill Kurtis
Rachel Stevenson
1995
Dorsey Connors
Bill McCarter
Don Meier
Warner Saunders
Dennis Swanson
1994
Jack Brickhouse
Bill & Lee Phillip Bell
John Callaway
Ed Morris
Sterling ‘Red’ Quinlan
1993
Roy Brown
Floyd Kalber
Irv Kupcinet
Bob Mulholland
Ward Quaal
1992
Sheldon Cooper

CONGRATULATIONS
FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY
LYNN HAULDREN
EMPIRE MAN

“Rich!
Congrats on the well deserved honor! You are the best!”
— Joan Hammel
“Jackie, Congratulations on your accomplishment!
We are so proud of you!”
— Love, Susan and Mike Riordan
“Congratulations Marda!”
— Rabbi Barry Schechter and Julie Foreman
and Congregation Kol Emeth
“Congratulations Jackie for this fitting honor!
I'm so proud to have been part of your first anchor team.”
— Love, Sherry

In Memorian
Since we last gathered for the Silver Circle Honors, we have lost these previously inducted
television greats who touched our lives with their many talents and whose contributions will
be missed. The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences wishes to honor them & their illustrious careers.
Mike Anderson (67)
WISN news anchor, reporter;
KIRO anchor
2008 Wisconsin Honoree
Lee Phillip Bell (91)
WBBM host, Young & Restless/
Bold & Beautiful co-creator
1994 Honoree
Eddie Collins (91)
WMAQ stagehand,
50-year production veteran
2019 Honoree
Sheldon Cooper (93)
WGN General Manager,
Tribune Broadcasting executive
1992 Honoree
Paul Davis (82)
WGN News Director, RTNDA
President, SPJ President
2009 Honoree
Russ Ewing (95)
WMAQ, WLS reporter, jazz
pianist, Chicago firefighter
1997 Honoree
Jack Hakman (90)
WMAQ Art Director,
WBBM scenic designer
2007 Honoree
Dick Kay (84)
WMAQ political reporter,
City Desk moderator
2001 Honoree
Don Meier (104)
WMAQ producer/director,
Wild Kingdom co-creator
1995 Honoree
Roger Lee Miller (87)
WMAQ director,
Playwright’s Festival director
2006 Honoree
Jeannie Morris (85)
WMAQ, WBBM sportscaster,
producer, author
2002 Honoree
Robert Mulholland (87)
WGN, WMAQ newswriter,
NBC Network President
1993 Honoree

In Memorian
Since we last gathered for the Silver Circle Honors, we have lost these previously inducted
television greats who touched our lives with their many talents and whose contributions will
be missed. The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences wishes to honor them & their illustrious careers.
Bob Petty (79)
WLS news anchor, reporter,
host, producer
2003 Honoree
Jack Rosenberg (94)
WGN-TV & WGN-AM sports
editor, producer, writer
2011 Honoree
Phil Ruskin (95)
WBBM, WLS director,
Columbia College instructor
2007 Honoree
Jim Stricklin (88)
WMAQ news photographer,
NABET steward
2009 Honoree
Jerry Taft (77)
WLS, WMAQ meteorologist,
pilot, flight instructor
2009 Honoree
Anna Vasser (66)
WMAQ producer,
City Desk & political producer
2011 Honoree
Jim Tilmon (86)
WMAQ, WBBM, WTTW host,
forecaster, aviation reporter,
pilot
2000 Honoree
Sam Ventura (90)
WLS documentary producer,
WFLD producer/director
2017 Honoree
Bob Wallace (80)
WBBM reporter, anchor, host,
Two on Two
2019 Honoree
Jack Walsh (67)
WSNS, WGN sports cameraman,
Trio Video co-founder
2008 Honoree
Reinald Werrenrath,
Jr. (104)
producer/director,
Ding Dong School co-creator
1997 Honoree

2021 HIGH SCHOOL CRYSTAL PILLAR
WINNERS & NOMINEES
The TV Academy created the National Student Production Award of Excellence to honor outstanding television production by
high school students. It is designed to expose young enthusiasts to the substantive and ethical aspects of the television
industry. CRYSTAL PILLAR winners go on to compete in the National High School Production Awards.
1 - NEWSCAST
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: CPTV • School: Crown Point High School
Student Entrants: Sarah Frey, Jon Lieber, Sebastian Zieniewicz, Blake Pysh
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: BHS-TV Black History Month 2021 • School: Barrington High School
Student Entrants: Anna Hauk, Anne Thyfault, Austin Molinaro, Maliha Amin, Miah Lumme
• Entry Title: BHS-TV Pride Episode 2020 • School: Barrington High School
Student Entrants: Anne Thyfault, Finn Haight, Miah Lumme, Olivia Elias
• Entry Title: Spartan News Now • School: Glenbrook North High School
Student Entrants: Daniel Bruns, Raquel Press, Ryan Lezak, Stella Balaskas
2 – NEWS REPORT – SERIOUS NEWS
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Teachers Demand Full Remote • School: Riverside Brookfield High School
Student Entrant: Michael DeLeonardis
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: COVID College Experience • School: Glenbrook North High School
Student Entrants: Raquel Press, Stella Balaskas
• Entry Title: Simultaneous Hybrid Learning Pilot • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Sam Brody-Goldberg, Simon Blaustein, Michael San Jose
3 – NEWS REPORT – LIGHT NEWS
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Mason’s Story • School: Geneva High School
Student Entrant: Jacob Wood
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Senior Season • School: Geneva High School
Student Entrant: Tessa Balc
• Entry Title: Holiday Windows • School: Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Student Entrant: Eliana D'Astici
• Entry Title: Pandemic Performance • School: Geneva High School
Student Entrant: Jaimee Beyer
4 – ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURAL AFFAIRS
CRYSTAL PILLARS
• Entry Title: Magicians in the Shutdown • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Jack Gordon, Simon Blaustein, Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg
• Entry Title: BHS Winter Wonderfest • School: Barrington High School
Student Entrants: Anna Hauk, Sahil Mittal
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: The Show Must Go On: Fall Play Goes Video
Student Entrant: Gavin White
• School: Maine South High School
• Entry Title: Black In America • School: Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Student Entrant: Tori Wright

5 - MUSIC VIDEO
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Formula • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Hannah Stettler, Maya Mladenovic, Talia Massarelli
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Ribs by Lorde Music Video • School: Neuqua Valley High School
Student Entrant: Nicole Straczynski
• Entry Title: Dreamer • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Natalie Dziurdzik, Tina Moran
• Entry Title: Walls • School: Wheaton Academy
Student Entrant: Matthew Johnston
6 - SHORT FORM – FICTION
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Dear Future Self • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrant: Kevyn Kerwin
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Possible Realities • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg, Simon Blaustein
• Entry Title: OFF • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrant: Quinn Monagan
7 – SHORT FORM – NON FICTION
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Drive-In Movie Theater • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Simon Blaustein, Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Making of Clue • School: Riverside Brookfield High School
Student Entrant: Michael DeLeonardis
• Entry Title: Nikola Marjov • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Jillian Pryor, Tommy Steil, Matthew Burke
• Entry Title: Megan Butler • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Ella Durchin, Jane FitzGibbon, Omar Shoreibah
• Entry Title: Peggy Kullman: Behind the Art • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Charlie Kullman, James Scott, Quinn Monagan, Sophie Cotton
8 – SPORTS STORY OR SEGMENT
CRYSTAL PILLARS
• Entry Title: Max Iida • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Tina Moran, Sophie Cotton
• Entry Title: Sheena Graham • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: George Sladoje, Jane FitzGibbon
NOMINEE
• Entry Title: Riding It Out - Javonte Rucker's Comeback Story • School: Wheaton Academy
Student Entrants: Kenna Tolman, Madison Cavin
9 – SPORTS PROGRAM
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Titan Sports: Resilience • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Sophie Cotton, Jane FitzGibbon, Michael Cunningham, George Sladoje
NOMINEE
• Entry Title: Battle of the Blue Bloods • School: Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Student Entrant: Joe Sullivan

10 – SPORTS – LIVE EVENT (No recipients)
11 - PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSAS)
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Pandemic Pandemonium • School: Glenbrook North High School
Student Entrant: Mariel Mudrik
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Pick Up the Phone • School: Maine West High School
Student Entrant: Nitya Nair
• Entry Title: Achromatic • School: Glenbrook North High School
Student Entrant: Mariel Mudrik
• Entry Title: A Call From Radon • School: Wheaton Academy
Student Entrant: Kenna Tolman
• Entry Title: Wear A Mask PSA • School: Glenbrook North High School
Student Entrants: Nikki Baerson, Stella Balaskas
• Entry Title: Social Distancing • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrant: Preston Davidson
• Entry Title: Cerebral Palsy • School: Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Student Entrant: Ethan Eisenberg
12 - PUBLIC AFFAIRS/COMMUNITY SERVICE
CRYSTAL PILLARS
• Entry Title: Signs of Suicide • School: Geneva High School
Student Entrant: Tessa Balc
• Entry Title: BHS Pride Student Stories • School: Barrington High School
Student Entrant: Anne Thyfault
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: The Cancer Support Center: Surviving and Thriving in COVID-19 • School: Homewood-Flossmoor
Student Entrants: Benjamin Turnquest, Eliana D'Astici
• Entry Title: BLM in the Burbs • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg, Simon Blaustein
13 – MAGAZINE PROGRAM
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Wildcat Weekly • School: Neuqua Valley High School
Student Entrants: Sam Appelbaum, Dominick Liacone, Alexis Muoghalu, Lauren Verdun
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: DHS-TV News 9-18-20 • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg, Simon Blaustein
• Entry Title: Glenbrook South Report Episode #2 • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrants: Omar Shoreibah, Preston Davidson, Halle Sanders
14 - COMMERCIALS
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: Smartfood Commercial • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Aidan Culver, Simon Blaustein, Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Sprite Commercial • School: Glenbrook South High School
Student Entrant: Omar Shoreibah
• Entry Title: Quaker Oats Old Fashioned Oats • School: Deerfield High School
Student Entrants: Jack Gordon, Michael San Jose, Sam Brody-Goldberg, Simon Blaustein
• Entry Title: Simply by Sam • School: Maine West High School
Student Entrant: Maya Gherman

• Entry Title: Jonquil Lane • School: Riverside Brookfield High School
Student Entrant: Elena Miers
15 - DIRECTOR
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Entry Title: LATE! a silent film • School: Mount Carmel High School
Student Entrant: Noah Sanchez
NOMINEES
• Entry Title: Cook This-Firehouse Subs • School: Riverside Brookfield High School
Student Entrant: Zach Cameron
• Entry Title: A Bag's Life • School: The Prairie School
Student Entrant: Wyatt Knoell
• Entry Title: Making of Clue • School: Riverside Brookfield High School
Student Entrant: Michael DeLeonardis
16 – EDITOR
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Student Entrant: Liam Briese • School: Neuqua Valley High School
NOMINEES
• Student Entrant: Benjamin Turnquest, Homewood-Flossmoor High School
• Student Entrant: Noah Sanchez, Mount Carmel High School
• Student Entrant: Aidan Parnell, Neuqua Valley High School
17 - PHOTOGRAPHER
CRYSTAL PILLAR
• Student Entrant: Liam Briese • School: Neuqua Valley High School
NOMINEES
• Student Entrant: Talia Massarelli, Glenbrook South High School
• Student Entrant: Elizabeth Compton, Maine South High School
• Student Entrant: Simon Blaustein, Deerfield High School
18- TALENT (No recipients)
Teachers: Jeff Doles, Barrington; Brent Barber, Chris Gloff, Crown Point; Brett Schwartz, Deerfield; Jason Santo, Geneva; Todd Rubin, Glenbrook
N.; Julie Benca, Glenbrook S.; Mark Ciesielski, Homewood-Flossmoor; Mason Strom, Maine S.; Rebecca Orr, Maine W.; Tony DiFilippo, Mt. Carmel;
John Gelsomino, Will Schaub, Lisa Traut, Neuqua Valley; Gary Prokes, Riverside Brookfield; Matt Hockett, Wheaton Academy
DONATE:
The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the TV Academy has a non-profit Foundation arm that awards scholarships to college seniors
and graduate students studying journalism, broadcast television, production and communications.
We are pleased to present our 2021 high school scholarship benefactors and their recipients:
• Silver Circle Scholarship - Stella Balaskas from Glenbrook North High School
Attending Syracuse University – Broadcast and Digital Journalism
• Board of Governors’ Scholarship - Zachary Cameron from Riverside Brookfield High School
Attending Ball State University – Telecommunications Broadcast Engineering
• Silver Circle Scholarship - Dominick Liacone from Neuqua Valley High School
Attending Ball State University – Digital Sports Production
If you are interested in donating in memory of an individual or wish to fund a full scholarship, please write or e-mail the TV Academy office for
more information. The Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax status and donations are tax-deductible. E-mail address: rcowing@emmyonline.tv
Mailing address: NATAS Scholarship Fund, c/o Columbia College, 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Ste. 535, Chicago, IL 60605.