Schwartz Award Winners

Alan and Steve Mores named Greenlee School’s 2023 James W. Schwartz Award recipients

March 27, 2024
2022: James Thomas (Tom) Emmerson
Emmerson’s Iowa State career spans from being a student in the 1950s, returning in 1974 as a professor, and serving as chair of the Department… Read More

August 31, 2022
2021: Debra Solberg Gibson
Debra Solberg Gibson’s (1981) career at Iowa State began in 1982 after a stint as editor of Farm Review, the Spencer Daily Reporter’s monthly agribusiness publication based in… Read More

May 2, 2022
2020: Rick Phillips
Rick Phillips (1978) joined Nationwide in 1999, after spending 20+ years working in communications, marketing and public relations positions for Meredith Corporation, United Way of… Read More

November 11, 2020
2019: Kim Guthrie
Kim Guthrie (1984) is the President of Cox Media Group and the first female president to serve at its 120-year-old parent company Cox Enterprises. As… Read More

May 1, 2020
2018: William F. “Bill” Tubbs
Bill Tubbs (1971), publisher of the Eldridge (IA) North Scott Press is an award-winning writer who is the National Newspaper Association’s 2015 James O. Read More

August 31, 2018
2017: Gene and Margy Chamberlin
[Margaret “Margy” and the late L. Eugene “Gene” Chamberlin](https://wp.las.iastate.edu/greenlee/2017/04/25/margaret-and-l-eugene-chamberlin-win-greenlee-schools-2017-schwartz-award/) established one of the Greenlee School’s signature programs, the Chamberlin Lecture series, to bring national perspectives… Read More

May 11, 2017
2016: Dean Borg
Dean Borg (1959), senior correspondent and producer for Iowa Public Radio, is one of Iowa’s leading voices on public policy and politics. Borg has dedicated… Read More

March 8, 2017
2015: Bob and Diane Greenlee
Bob (1963, 1968) and Diane (1966) Greenlee helped elevate Iowa State University as a premier place to study journalism and mass communication. In 1998, a generous gift from Bob and Diane transformed one of the university’s oldest programs into the university’s first named school. Read More

June 7, 2015
2014: William F. Kunerth
William "Bill" F. Kunerth, a 30-year faculty member at the Greenlee School, helped establish Iowa State University as the premier place to find talent among the state's print and broadcast media; set high reportorial standards for his classes as well as for Iowa State Daily reporters; was an advocate for transparency on campus; compelled the Iowa State Foundation to keep its records open; and kept the Jack Trice story alive through his students over several generations until Cyclone Stadium was named after Trice. Read More

June 7, 2014