Alumni News Archives: Spring 2001

William E. Buzenberg

William E. Buzenberg, ’77, is vice-president for news and information for Minnesota Public Radio and the executive producer of American Radio Works. In January, American Radio Works received broadcast journalism's top award, the Alfred I. duPont-Colum- bia University Gold Baton, for a 1999 investigative radio documen- tary about Serbian atrocities in Kosovo.

Russell Carollo, ’90, is leaving The Dayton Daily News for The Los Angeles Times, where he will be working on special projects. For the past three years, he has been working out of his home in Colorado, where he has 41 acres, and where he will return for vacations and occasional short work stints.

Steven R. Dornfeld, ’80, associate editorial page editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, landed on the cover of Skyway News, a Twin Cities weekly, after being repeatedly singled out for criticism by Gov. Jesse (The Body)Ventura. Dornfeld, who writes a weekly column, had labeled the ex- wrestler's election an “embarrassment” to Minnesota and had criticized Ventura's efforts to exploit the governorship for personal gain. At last report, Dornfeld had not agreed to a cage match with the governor.

Scott Heller, ’89, has taken charge of culture at The Boston Globe as the new arts editor. He oversees a staff of 13 critics and reporters and edits the newspaper’s daily and Sunday coverage. Based in Boston, Heller was a writer for more than 15 years for The Chronicle of Higher Education, covering scholarship in the arts and humanities. He was also the chief film critic for The American Prospect and a regular contributor to The Boston Phoenix and ARTnews magazine.

Micki Maynard

Micki Maynard ’00, is a visiting lecturer at the University of Michigan Business School. She made her debut in fall 2000, teaching “The Global Auto Industry,” and she will teach the course again this fall. “It’s a kick getting mail addressed to Professor Micheline Maynard,” she says. She is also a contributing writer for Fortune magazine, specializing in stories about manufacturing. She also wrote the cover story for the October issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail's Report on Business on the DaimlerChrysler merger.

Tom Stanton

Tom Stanton ’96, will publish The Final Season:Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark in June with Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. The book is a personal story about the last summer of baseball at Tiger Stadium, where four generations of Stanton’s family shared the sport. “The book has taken shape as an introspective journal,” he writes, “which fits in that I attended all 81 home games in 1999. ” He is at work on a second book of nonfiction, called Saving Ashleyville, about a small town coming to terms with the rapid growth and juvenile crime that will forever change it.

Man About Town

As part of a new ad campaign to increase enrollment at Chicago’s Providence-St. Mel, the school sought to highlight some of its most successful graduates. Among them was John W. Fountain, ’00, a 1978 graduate. The ads featured photographs of graduates and current students and ran in newspapers across Chicago. This ad (see left)kicked off the campaign and also ran larger-than-life on the side of Chicago Transit Authority buses. “It was a little weird seeing my face rolling down the street,” said Fountain, who returned to his hometown in October as a national correspondent for The New York Times. “But man, what a great way to come home.” Fountain is working on a book about growing up in Chicago’s projects, to be published by Public Affairs (Peter Osnos, ’74, president).