Jack Dorsey – 2016
The first inductee into the Digital Media section of our hall of fame, Jack Dorsey was honored for his contribution to digital social media as the co-inventer of Twitter in 2006. The Bishop DuBourg High School graduate’s name became synonymous with the website, which was such a major factor in digital media that its name, Twitter, became a widely used verb in the English language.
Arthur Donnelly – 2019
Arthur Donnelly, having worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and an ad salesman for the Globe-Democrat, was the co-founder of what would become known as the Suburban Journals newspaper group in St. Louis. It began with the purchase of the Cherokee News in 1933 and the Wellston Local in 1935. By the time the co-owners, Donnelly and Frank Bick, sold the chain in the mid-1980s there were 33 separate papers in Missouri and Illinois with a combined free circulation of over 800,000 households.
Mark Abels – 2010
Mark Abels spent more than 35 years helping people communicate clearly, concisely and effectively. Mark served as a senior communications executive at two major airlines – Northwest and TWA. He was responsible for public relations, employee communications and inflight entertainment, and headed up community service projects including the volunteer airlift of millions of pounds of emergency relief supplies following natural disasters in the U.S. and Asia. He was also active in politics, running statewide political campaigns and serving as press secretary to a U.S. Senator. He was a senior vice president of a major international public relations firm, general manager of a state radio network and was a principal in Kratos Global Strategies. He taught public relations at the University College at Washington University. He is a member of the Salvation Army’s National Advisory Board, vice chair of the Army’s St. Louis Regional Advisory Board, and held leadership posts with St. Louis Variety – the Children’s Charity – and the Gateway Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Rob and Sally Rains – 2017
Rob and Sally Rains pooled their knowledge of sports and media and essentially became a driving force in the world of St. Louis sports media. Between them, the couple produced numerous books, authored hundreds of articles and made appearances on all local sports media. Sally was a co-founder of SportsRadio, a network of 120 stations. Rob teamed with Andy Van Slyke on a national baseball podcast. And the couple established STLSportsPage.com and the SportsBlast electronic newsletter. Their web presence became one of the premier independent sports resources in the region.
Dan Martin – 2019
Dan Martin was one of the small fraternity of artists responsible for the Weatherbird daily feature in the Post-Dispatch. He began that job in 1986. Dan’s additional duties included authoring the weekly “Postcards from Mound City” cartoon, and other illustration and editing assignments. A member of the National Cartoonists’ Society, Dan’s historic expertise is evident in the many speeches he gives, the books he has authored, and his work as a charter member of the board of directors of the St. Louis Media History Foundation.
Bea Adams – 2007
Bea Adams made her mark in the advertising community at a time when women were usually relegated to secretarial jobs. She began in 1935 as a copywriter at Gardner Advertising. Ten years later she had risen to executive vice president. The next year she became the agency’s creative director. During the decade of the ‘40s, Ms. Adams was a pioneer in the use of psychological research in the creation of ads. She was named National Advertising Woman of the Year in 1956 and was also listed in Fortune magazine’s top 36 American businesswomen and Life magazine’s 27 Women of Achievement. She retired from Gardner in 1972.
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