Associate Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication Department

Academic Degrees:
* Honorary Doctor of Letters, St. Bonaventure University, 1988
* B.A., Journalism, St. Bonaventure University, 1964


Professional Background:

* Retired senior national correspondent for Gannett News Service
* Former Florida bureau chief and Washington correspondent, Gannett News Service
* Former managing editor, Niagara Falls Gazette


Accomplishments:

* Awarded Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his part in a Gannett News Service investigative series uncovering the financial dealings of the Pauline Fathers
* Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize eight other times
* National Affairs Correspondent for Gannet News Service in Washington, D.C.
* Westinghouse Award for Science Writing
* John Hancock Award for financial writing
* Two Silver Gavels from the American Bar Association for best legal writing
* Two Investigative Reporters and Editors awards
* Best of Gannett awards, 1985 and 1996
* Named one of Gannett’s Top Ten Reporters for the last quarter century