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The Mark Hellinger Awards


The annual Hellinger Awards Ceremony honors the Jandoli School's top graduates and recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding alumni.



51³Ô¹Ïapp Hellinger Award Luncheon
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 51³Ô¹Ïapp
National Press Club | Washington, D.C.




51³Ô¹Ïapp Hellinger honorees:
Allie Elkins, '25, and Deb Henretta, '83

Allie Elkins, '25, and Deb Henretta, '83

The Jandoli School of Communication will honor 51³Ô¹Ïapp Hellinger Award winner Allie Elkins (left in photo) and Alumnus of the Year Deb Henretta, '83, at the 65th annual Mark Hellinger Awards Ceremony on Oct. 14 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Also honored will be Jefrey Canova, '25, Hellinger Award honorable mention.

The event's keynote speaker is Wolf Blitzer, an American journalist, author and news anchor, who celebrated 35 years with CNN in May.  



Hellinger Awards background


The Hellinger Award is named for Mark John Hellinger, an American journalist, theater columnist and film producer. It was established in 1960 by Jim Bishop, who worked with Hellinger at the New York Daily News and considered him his mentor.

Bishop would go on to establish his own fame as a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in hundreds of newspapers across the country, and as a best-selling author. Among Bishop's many works is "The Mark Hellinger Story: A Biography of Broadway and Hollywood."

Bishop began a long relationship with St. Bonaventure in 1958 when he was invited to speak at the university's Press Day event and was awarded an honorary doctorate. Soon afterward, Bishop began donating manuscripts and notebooks to form an archives of his writings at the university's Friedsam Memorial Library.