The sculpture in the photograph above is a detail from “Sodbuster: San Isidro,” by Luis Jimenez. The 20-foot long piece, of painted fiberglass, sits just north of Elliott Hall and is part of the extensive contemporary collection of the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University.
Lou Heldman
Lou Heldman is a newspaper and Web veteran who now serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow in Media Management and Journalism at Wichita State University. Lou retired in late 2007 as President and Publisher of the Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com. Previously, he held the same roles at the Centre Daily Times and Centredaily.com in State College, PA.
He was Executive Editor of the Tallahassee Democrat, Deputy Managing Editor of the Miami Herald, Managing Editor of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and Business Editor and reporter at the Detroit Free Press.
Lou was on the Knight Ridder corporate staff as director the the 25/43 Baby Boomer readership project. He also served as Pulitzer Prize nominating juror and as chair of the Future of Newspapers Committee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
He is a graduate of Ohio State University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.
Lou.Heldman@wichita.edu
316.978.6077
5 responses so far ↓
Peter Benjaminson // April 12, 2008 at 5:32 pm |
Lou – I always knew you would make it to the top. Peter
hg // June 20, 2008 at 10:19 pm |
Lou, I was thrilled to read of your new position and your success at having moved on from the world of Newspapers to the role you have earned……..Distinguished Professor………..so fitting……..all the best……always and forever………
Walker Lundy // July 16, 2008 at 2:50 pm |
How come your bio doesn’t mention me?
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Richard Cole // December 17, 2008 at 7:43 pm |
Lou: I am so glad to see you have your own blog. Writers write, after all, and you are one of the great ones. I reflect often on so many of the things I have learned from you over the years. I learned how to be a press photographer on our wonderful trip covering Freddie Laker. I learned about the positional and reputational analyses I used to do my dissertation research from your wonderful approach to quickly learning the ins and out of the business community when you were at the Freep. I learned how to hit a long iron out of a sandtrap from you…well, maybe that’s a stretch. But I learned proofreeding skills from you. I am looking forward to following your great academic career on this blog site while I learn everything there is know about new media here too. To my favorite editer of all time. All the best. Profeser Rick Cole, Michigan State University.