BJ Alums Blog Wall of Honor

        The September 27, 2006 List of Volunteers with their years of service:

The layoff of one-fourth of the Akron Beacon Journal staff and other cutbacks have prompted many whose bylines you know with years of experience to leave voluntarily.  Though not laid off, they all volunteered to leave--sometimes in the hope of saving the job of a friend. 

Diane Evans, 32, columnist, to head new media company.
Debby Stock Kiefer, 28, Recipe Roundup and copy desk slotter
Jane Snow, 28, food editor
Mike Needs, 25, design editor and former public editor
Kathy Spitz, 22, health, is studying for doctorate
Sarah Vradenburg, 22, editorial staff
Gloria Irwin, 21, business,  to Timken PR
Dennis Balogh, 21, artist, to freelance
Jocelyn Williams, 19, photographer
Mary Ethridge, 18, business
Dave Hertz, 15, business editor, to Cleveland PR firm vice president
Jim Kavanagh,  15, copy editor, to CNN in Atlanta   Added Oct. 3
Robin Sallie, 12, photographer
Andale Gross, 9, reporter and Guild Unit chairman, to AP in Kansas City
Kim Profant, 7, copy editor and design editor, to Chicago Tribune foreign desk
Tim Good, 6, copy editor and design editor, to Detroit Free Press

            The October 3,  2008 List of Departures with their years of service:

18 volunteers

327 years of experience

Ted Schneider, copy editor, 38 years
Chuck Montague, copy editor, 38 years
Betsy Lammerding, copy editor, 35 years
Connie Bloom, reporter, 34 years
Dennis Earlenbaugh, artist, 32 years
Lew Stamp, photographer, 30 years
Chip Bok, artist, (cartoonist) 25 years
Carl Chancellor, reporter, 24 years
Diane Wright, librarian, 23 years
David Giffels, reporter, 14 years
Brian Windhorst reporter, 12 years
Ken Love, phtographer, 11 years
Tracy Wheeler, reporter, 11 years
Telli Gulledge, clerk, (years of service not known)

Managers (years of service not known)
Val Pipps, manager.
Mitch McKenney, manager.
Ann Mezger, manager,
Keith McKnight, manager,