2008 eNews Vol. II

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What's in this issue?

1. Former PRSA-St. Louis Chapter President Don Lottmann Dies
2. Kirkwood Tragedy Takes Life of PRSA Friend
3. Pro-Am Day at Saint Louis University, Feb. 22, Needs Helpers
   
4. Leftovers from January Combined Luncheon? Prize Winners
5. Welcome New Members & Renewals
6. James Lukaszewski, APR, PRSA Fellow to Speak at IABC Function, Feb. 28
7. Deadlines for 2008 Conference Entries, Feb.11; Silver Anvils, Feb. 15
   

1) Former PRSA-St. Louis Chapter President Don Lottmann Dies

Former PRSA-St. Louis Chapter president Don Lottmann, has died in Florida at the age of 67. For a report of his death and a memorial book, check out this Post-Dispatch obituary. Lottmann was executive vice president of public relations for the former Southwestern Bell Corp., (now AT&T), when it was headquartered in St. Louis, leading at the time the city's largest PR shop. He served as PRSA-St. Louis Chapter president in 1985. A leader in the profession and a gentleman to all whom he met, he retired to pick up one of his passions - golf. You can find Don's photo and some of the other past presidents who attended our 55th Chapter anniversary, in 2003 from that date here.

2) Kirkwood Tragedy Takes Life of PRSA Friend

Connie Karr, one of the victims in the Feb. 7 tragic shootings in Kirkwood, was not a member of PRSA but a good friend. In fact, she had registered herself and two Maritz co-workers through us for the combined PRSA-CSPRC-IABC luncheon in January, which she attended with many of our members and friends. She had attended other PRSA luncheons while on the staff of Millennium Communications, now part of Hughes, prior to joining Maritz. Also known to some by her maiden name (Connie Conroy), she began her career at the old St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In addition to our thoughts and prayers for the Lottmann family, our thoughts go to the Karr family and to our members and families, many of whom live in Kirkwood or do business there. Services for slain Kirkwood officials.

In Memory
Connie Karr	Don Lottmann

3) Pro-Am Day at Saint Louis University

Professional PR staffers are still needed for various parts of the annual Pro-Am Day at Saint Louis University, Friday, Feb. 22. Check out the tentative program and contact PRSA's Liese Hutchison, Pro-Am Day chair, if you can assist in any capacity or have questions. For those of you planning on attending the monthly PRSA luncheon held in conjunction with Pro-Am Day, resume reviewers are needed immediate following the luncheon (30 minutes max). If you have a PR agency you might want to let Liese know you are attending and be ready to meet and share more about what you do (and how students might get you their resumes in the future) later in the afternoon. College students can attend the luncheon only. Any student with questions about the full-day program should contact Lauren Begley, the student chair.

4) Leftovers from January Combined Luncheon? Prize Winners

Luke Smith, Director of Public Relations, Lutheran Senior Services, and Carolyn Green, Principal, C. Green & Associates, were the lucky drawing winners of our two PRSA sponsors at the combined PRSA-CSPRC-IABC luncheon at the Crowne Plaza in January. Smith, a CSPRC member, won the drawing from BurrellesLuce rep Tressa Robbins. He will receive a subscription to BurrellesLuce Media Contacts. Green, new PRSA-St. Louis president-elect and program chair, wins a free press release (up to $500) from Marketwire's Dave Wallis. If you didn't get a chance to stop by either of the sponsor tables check out their respective Web sites and get acquainted with both reps - both PRSA-St. Louis Chapter members.

5) Say Hello to These New Chapter Members

• Tricia Renee Bentley-Beal, Director Global Communications, Novus International
• Daniel V. Brungard, VP Corporate Communications, McEagle Properties, LLC
• Connie Lynne Farrow, Media Consultant
• Sarah Guckes, Director of Marketing, Outsourcing Solutions Inc.
• Heather Leigh Henke, Director-PR, Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
• Brian David Leake, Communications Spec, Anheuser-Busch
• Jeremy Michael Lutgen, PR, Novus International
• Shula Jill Neuman, Director News & Information, Washington University in St. Louis
• Rachel Parr, Acct Executive, Mercuy Multimedia, Inc.
• Jennifer Petroff, PR Manager, Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.
• Katy Sommer, Director of Marketing XIOLINK
• Elizabeth Shannon Westhoff, Director of Communications, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of St. Louis
• Denise Deon Wilson, Public Affairs Officer, Department of Navy+
  
  ^+Reinstated

And Welcome Back These Renewals & Reinstatements

• Jennifer Allemann, Vantage Credit Union
• James Altemus, APR, Independent
• William K. Anderson, APR, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
• Trudy Barthels, Ascension Health
• James Braibish, APR, Braibish Communications
• Jerry Bryan APR, Fellow PRSA, Bryan Consulting Inc.
• Sue Cannon, Solutia, Inc.
• Marie Casey, Casey Communications, Inc.
• Allison Hawk Collinger, AHC Consulting LLC
• Christy Conrad, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Dawn DeBlaze, DeBlaze & Associates
• Michael Drohlich, Drohlich Associates Inc.
• Kyle Gaines, Ameristar Casino St. Charles
• Linda Lee Gladden, American Association of Orthodontists
• Lesley J. Gudehus, Independent (Transfer from Memphis Chapter)
• Rita Holmes-Bobo, APR, Express Scripts, Inc.
• Dan Jenkins, APR, Solutia, Inc.
• Jackie Knolhoff, Edward Jones
• Peggy Lents, Lents & Associates
• Jessica Martin, Washington University
• Jim O'Donnell, O'Donnell Communications
• Maria Palumbo, MasterCard Worldwide
• Gerise Marquart Scheer, Magellan Health
• Lorri Silvera, Joyce Meyer Ministries
• Judy Taylor, Taylor'd Communications
• Christine Carole Wells Eason, Webster University

6) James Lukaszewski, APR, Fellow PRSA to Speak at IABC Function, Feb. 28

Well-known long-time PRSA International presenter James E. Lukaszewski, will be in town, Feb. 28, this time to speak before the St. Louis IABC group. In addition to his PRSA titles of APR and Fellow APR, he carries the ABC and CCEP titles. Ironically it is his second visit to Missouri in less than three months. He spoke recently to the Mid-Missouri PRSA Chapter in Columbia. For more on his St. Louis presentation, "Why Should the Boss Listen to You? The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor" go here.

7) Deadlines: Presentations to National; Silver Anvil Awards

PRSA 2008 International Conference: Point of Connection. Submission Deadline: Monday, Feb. 11 at midnight PT. PRSA is seeking public relations and communications professionals, educators and experts in related fields - including CMOs, CEOs, CFOs, economists, social scientists, futurists, management consultants, journalists, bloggers, technologists and editors, as well as specialists in interactive communications and design, marketing communications, technology, research and measurement - to present at this year's Conference. Go here and scroll down to the Call for Presentations. Tell us about your workshop proposal by completing the online form. Share your strategies, theories, ideas, research and results with the most dynamic gathering of PR professionals in the world, the PRSA 2008 International Conference, Detroit, Oct. 25-28.

Call for Entries for the 2008 Silver Anvil Award competition is available at prsa.org. The Feb. 15, 2008 Early Deadline is just around the corner, don't miss out on this opportunity to save on your entry submissions. Please click here to be taken directly to the Silver Anvil Call for Entries and to view the 2008 categories.