Donvan 77 Earns Emmy for News Coverage
John Donvan '77 was honored in August with a News Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story for his ability to capture middle America's views on Washington's antics.
Throughout his travels with the President during a stint as ABC's Chief White House correspondent from January 1997 to January 1998, Donvan noticed that small-town America still reveres the presidency much more than cynical Washington. He approached Nightline about doing a show exploring contrasts between the ways small-town America and the White House advance team prepare for a presidential visit.
But when he traveled to small-town America—specifically LaCrosse, Wise.it was when the Lewinsky scandal broke in January 1998, for a story on how the American people were reacting to the "crisis in the White House." The broadcast, seven days after the Lewinsky announcement, was so compelling that Donvan returned three times over the next year to "take the pulse" of middle America on the Starr investigation and impeachment process.
SIMONE SWINK '98
Also give a rouse for:
David K. Page '55, recipient of the Fred Butzel Memorial Award, the Detroit Jewish community's highest honor for community service
Michael W. Coffield '62, recipient of the A. Sherman Christensen Award of the American Inns of Court Foundation
Louis V. Gerstner Jr. '63, chairman and chief executive officer of IBM Corp., who was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
Lisa Feinberg Densmore '83, winner of last winter's slalom and Super G at the U.S. Alpine Masters National Championships, named to the 2000 Spyder U.S. Alpine "Masters Ski Team for the fifth time. For tips on technique, read her recently published Ski Faster (McGraw-Hill), a guide to high-performance skiing and racing.
Ellen Stein '86, fourth American to Cross tire finish line at the World Olympic Distance Triatholon Championships in Montreal. She finished the 1.5k swim, 40k bike ride and 10k run in two hours, 14 minutes, ranking her tenth in her age category.
Timothy Brooks '88, named chairman of the Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners.
Donvan '77 took the pulse of small- town America for Nightline.
