Category: Off the Record
Sam Blair passed away peacefully on December 11, 2022 at the age of 90. At alma maters Woodrow Wilson High School and The University of Texas at Austin, he thrived at writing for the school newspapers. He parlayed that love into a 41-year career at The Dallas Morning News as columnist and sports editor, wrote […]
Press Club Legend, Past President, Mayor of Dallas by Everton Bailey, Jr. Dallas Morning News, December 14, 2022 Wes Wise, who served as Dallas’ mayor for most of the 1970s and previously worked as a sports broadcaster, died Friday of natural causes. He was 94. Wise recently had been at a nursing home recovering from […]
January 5, 1934 -November 25, 2022 Pierce Morriss Allman, faithful husband, father, granddaddy, entrepreneur, community leader, preservationist and philanthropist, died peacefully November 25th with his beloved family at his side. Pierce achieved many accomplishments and accolades, but he found his greatest joy in his love of Christ. His deepest devotion was to his wife Allie […]
11-16-1941 – 11-25-2022David was born in Dallas to Howard Dunnigan and Thelma (Stem) Dunnigan. He graduated from Sunset High School in 1959 and the University of North Texas in January 1964 with a BA in Journalism. David began his career as a staff reporter for the Galveston Daily News until he was drafted into the […]
Legends of North Texas: Scott McCartney, Karen Blumenthal John Lumpkin – “It was a night to celebrate journalism – which seems ever more important these days.” So began an email from Scott McCartney, former AP national reporter and retired Wall Street Journal correspondent and columnist, about the induction of him and his late wife Karen Blumenthal into the Legends of North […]
Paul Wahlstrom – I would like to thank the following who helped make the 10th Legends of North Texas Journalism a success: Paula Aynesworth (sponsorships), Janet St. James (biographies, script finalizing), Greg Ruuska (Dallas College/North Lake, video presentation and recording), Ashton Campbell (the Texas Theatre). PHOTOS – JOHN “DOC” STRANGE – SELIG POLYSCOPE
Bestselling biographer Jane Wolfe will be in discussion with Jerome Weeks about her new book Burl at Interbang Books on Thursday, September 8th at 6:00 PM. The riveting biography of Burl Osborne, former chairman of The Associated Press and publisher of The Dallas Morning News, who waged and won one of the last great newspaper wars in […]
DALLAS, TX – June 17, 2021 – The Press Club of Dallas Foundation Scholarship Fund has awarded four college scholarships to Dallas area students for the upcoming, academic 2021-22, school year. The Fund is administered by Communities Foundation of Texas. A $5,000 scholarship was awarded to Brandon Borick (Colleyville Heritage High School graduate), who is […]
Ron Chapman has died at the age of 85. Chapman was one of the Press Club of Dallas’ original inductees to the Legends of North Texas Journalism in 2011. From his Radio Hall of Fame biography: Ron Chapman’s radio career began in 1953—the day he graduated from high school—when he became a disc jockey at […]
Fort Worth, Texas – Fort Worth and Tarrant County will have a new source for local news with the creation of the Fort Worth Report, its founders announced today. Fort Worth Report will offer deep coverage of civic issues, local government, education and culture in an all-digital platform, beginning this spring. “Our citizens have always […]
Camille Keith, an original employee of Southwest Airlines Co. and the first woman officer of a major domestic airline, died at her Dallas home on Dec. 30 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 75. Keith, who retired in 2006 as vice president of special marketing, spent 35 years with Southwest. The Fort […]
