2011 Annual Meeting – Friday, August 5th
The Annual Meeting of the Press Club of Dallas was held August 5th at KERA
Leaving board members were honored
The new board of directors were announced
click here for the 2011-12 Board of Directors
Jo Gudjohnsen, Delisa Day
John Strange
Kelly Kitchens, Paula Aynesworth
Jimmie Lovell, Hugh Aynesworth, Rand LaVonn
Harry Hall, Phyllis Hammond, Deborah Marine
Michelle Bleiberg, Paula Aynesworth, Niki McCuistion, Kelly Kitchens
Karen Lukin, Gary Rugoff, Allyson Aynesworth
Bill Young, Niki McCuistion, Paul Wahlstrom
- Job Eliazer, Maura Gast
- Mark Lowry, Liz Oliphant, Paul Wahlstrom
Michael Lindenberger, Rudy Bush
- Ex-President David Dunnigan
Pictures from John Strange and Niki McCuistion
A Memorial To Ray Ward
L. Ray Ward:
an active member and past president of The Press Club of Dallas , passed away on December 27th.He will be long remembered for the contributions he made to the profession and for being” a great guy and a great friend”.
Ray, a Dallasite, was born on April 1, 1929. He graduated from SMU in 1950 with a B.S. in Journalism and shortly thereafter he joined the Galveston Daily News as a cub reporter. In Galveston, Ray trained under two outstanding news-papermen, Jack D’Armand and Tom Mulvaney. The Korean war interrupted Ray’s newspaper days ( read more ). He joined the army and was stationed at Fort Bliss and then in Germany ( read more ).
After the war, Ray was a reporter for the San Antonio Light. Thereafter, he embarked on a career in public relations and advertising in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and St. Louis. From 1962 until 1992, Ray held executive positions with Dallas Power & Light and with Texas Utilities. Active in numerous trade associations, Ray was chairman of the Press Club Gridiron Committee; president of the Dallas Advertising League and a recipient of its Anvil Award for excellence in public relations. The Texas Public Relations Society honored Ray with its Silver Spur Award for distinguished service.He was a board member of the Texas Tech University Foundation and the Mass Communications Advisory committee. Ray was a loyal member of the Preston North Lions Club.
Ray was a lifelong devotee of classical music and a regular at performances of the Dallas Opera. Ray leaves his son, James Stephens Ward of Garland; a daughter, Catharine Louise Ward of Dallas; and grandchildren James Michael Ward, 25, of Dallas; Jenna Marie Ward, 22, of Norman, OK; and Cameron Ronald Ray Sanders, 20, of Dallas.His wife of 52 years, the former Betty Blankenship Ward , passed away in 2005.
L. Ray Ward, 1929 – 2010
”Ray was one of the Club’s staunchest supporters. He will most definitely be missed.”
David Dunnigan, Press Club President
L. Ray Ward died suddenly on Monday, December 27
Visitation
Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Spakman Funeral Home
1029 South Greenville Avenue
Richardson, Texas 75081
972 – 238-7855
Funeral
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 1:30 p.m.
Lovers Lane Methodist Church
9200 Inwood Road (at Northwest Highway)
Dallas, Texas 75220
214-691-4721
Happy Hour at Three Sheets – December 13
The last Happy Hour of 2010
was held on December 13 at Three Sheets in Dallas
Megan Wright
Arnold Wayne Jones & Mark Lowry
Check back on this website for the next event in January
Carolyn & David Dunnigan with Michelle Blieberg
Hugh Aynesworth
- Hugh & Paula Aynesworth, Paul Wahlstrom, Ashley Burton, Cristi Ramon
Membership Cards
New membership cards are now being printed.
Pictures are being taken for the cards and the cards are being distributed at different club events. Cards will be mailed to members but you must have a picture. You can email a picture to Paul Wahlstrom (pwahl1@verizon.net) for your card.
