These are the current known alumni of the Daily Trojan, the newspaper of the University of Southern California. Exactly 2101 names are listed. Look for your old girlfriend by her maiden name, the same way you always think of her. For a list of recent changes, click here. There are also lists sorted by year, by place and by department.
Paddock, Charles W. "Charlie"
Editor
1917? - 1921?
Charlie Paddock was an Olympic sprint champion and one of the great sprinters of all time, famous for his "flying finish." Was a character in the movie "Chariots of Fire." Knew, I'm told, Jackson Schultz. Became, I believe, an editor or publisher of Pasadena Star-News. Died in plane crash in 1944, WW II, off the coast of Sitka, Alaska, according to his grand daughter. Submitter: Joe Jares
See also: Joe Jares. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 6/17/2004
Padilla, Steve
Editor
1978 - 1982
He's now at the Los Angeles Times, but Steve Padilla says he spent so much time at the DT, it's a wonder he graduated. I bet more than a few on this list feel the same :) . He was recently spotted at Unity '99. Is he married to Pauline Yoshihashi? Hmmmm.
See also: Pauline Yoshihashi, Tina Kannarr, Galen Gruman. First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 8/8/1999
Pagala, Gail
Staff Writer
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Page, Robert
Copy Editor
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Paladugu, Shanti
Staff Writer
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Palmer, Tamilla
Staff Writer
1985 - 1986
Tamilla Palmer is now publishing her first book of poems entitled, "This Mysterious Love: Hard Lessons Learned". She resides in Southern California, but recently spent a year in China teaching at Nanchang University, doing poetry reads, and radio and tv shows.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/30/2003
Pan, Elaine
Assistant City Editor, Staff writer,
1992 - 1995
Elaine wrote for the Daily Trojan and filed some nifty stories. Went off to Seattle for a stint as a copy editor for the Seattle Times. She took her clip book over to the USC News service and did some time there as Technology Coordinator. Then one day, she got a job at the Los Angeles Times web site where she is now Assistant General Manager / Executive Producer calendarlive.com and latimes.com (this editor's old job). E-mail her at elaine.zinngrabe-at-latimes.com. She lives in Long Beach, and is now Elaine Zinngrabe (you might have caught that from the otherwise inexplicable email address), following a June 1997 merger with C.J. same last name. She's also the Los Angeles chapter president of the Asian American Journalists Association, and was spotted at Unity '99. She's also working on an M.B.A. (More Better Adult?)
See also: Travis Smith. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 6/11/2002
Panczner, Shawna
Photographer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pang, Albert
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pang, Kevin
Columnist, Staff Writer, Lifestyle Editor, Design Director
1999 - 2002 Personal recollections
Reports Kevin, who has third-person phobia: "I finished an internship at the Arizona Republic, covering the state legislature. I'll drive 2,000 miles northeast for 12 weeks at the Chicago Tribune this summer, and 2,500 the otherway to the Los Angeles Times (METPRO) in October. After that, who knows?"
See also: Rachel Campbell, Mark Carpowich, Ron Flores, Jennifer Medina, David Cisneros, Justin Chang, Mason Poole, Randy Johnson, Esme Bermudez, Joel Sandi, Ian Young, Dave Khalaf, Annie Mateen. First added: 11/27/2002. Last updated: 7/27/2003
Pannier, Sarah
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Panuco, Sal Ronald
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Pappelbaum, Lisa
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Paquette, Aaron
Staff Writer
1995 - 1997 Personal recollections
Aaron in a nutshell: "In my sophomore year (95/96), shortly after I began writing for the DT, I started an internship with CBS Television. I worked in the research department, putting out the infamous "Nielsen ratings," doing programming studies, and covering focus groups on our TV shows and pilots. As I was starting my senior year (97/98), they put me on staff as an analyst, where I continued to do the same work but got benefits. As a media junkie, I loved working there and learning more about TV and how it's developed, produced, programmed, marketed, and researched. Shortly after graduating in 1998, I followed a CBS colleague over to Columbia TriStar Television, where I became a Senior Analyst in their research department. This time around, I was in syndication, so I got to follow the ratings for shows like RICKI LAKE and VIP in 210 markets, write sales presentations to get our shows sold or renewed, help on press releases and trade ads, etc. Two years later, I became the lone-gunman cable analyst, covering ratings and sales presentations for our first-run shows (like STRONG MEDICINE and RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT) as well as the older shows we sell to cable (such as ALL IN THE FAMILY on Nick at Nite). Today, I'm the Manager of Cable and Network Research for Columbia TriStar. All in all, my six years in TV have been great, but I do miss writing on a regular basis. I put out a lot of e-mails in the office covering TV news and trends and analyzing what's happening in the marketplace, but those don't completely fill the void. That's why I continue to write on the side; currently, I'm working on an investment/financial planning guide as well as a movie script. Someday I'd like to go back to writing for a newspaper; after four years in high school and two years in college, it's a tough habit to break.
See also: Nick Divito, Patrick Dent, Christian Cooper, Victoria Manley, Kelly Pullin, Wes Biggs, Laura Lanchester, Matt Hutaff, Nik Trendowski, Melanie Asp, Christian Orr, Erik Sanjurjo. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 5/6/2002
Pardo, Al
Production Staff
1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Paresa, Virginia
See Bodin, Virginia.
Parets, Robyn
See Taylor, Robyn.
Parfit, Mike
Editor
1965? - 1969?
Parfit is currently co-owner of Mountainside Films, a documentary company based out of Montana. He is author of 4 books: "Chasing the Glory," "South Light," "The Boys Behind the Bombs," and "Last Stand at Rosebud Creek." Parfit has been a long-time contributing freelance writer to National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler and Smithsonian Magazine. Submitter: Erica Parfit
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Parikh, Bijal
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Parker, Andrea Lynne
Staff Writer
1997 - 1997
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Parker, Jennifer
Staff Writer
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Parker, Jennifer
Staff Writer
1990? - 1990?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Parker, Philip
Advertising Executive
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Parker, Sharon M.
Editorial Columnist
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Pascual, Benedict
Unknown
1996? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Patel, Dee
Copy Editor
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Paterson, Rebecca
Photographer
2000 - 2001
Rebecca spent her years at SC as a photographer for the DT, public relations officer / web designer for Lambda Pi Eta, and graphic designer for Hapa Club. In addition to her artistic pursuits, Rebecca also ran the 400m hurdles for the USC Women's 2001 National Championship team. Currently, she resides in New York City, working for CBS Television Network doing network sales.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 4/4/2004
Patman, Richard "Dick"
Sports Editor
1957 - 1961 Personal recollections
Patman was passionate about both USC and college sports, and he is still. He well remembers helping with the "phoney" Daily Bruin issued prior to the UCLA game in 1958. He was the first local journalist to interview an unknown assistant coach named John McKay. Says Dick: "Following graduation in 1961, I entered the army reserve only to find my unit activiated (July 1961) by Pres. Kennedy as a reaction to theÊBerlin Wall construction. Upon return to civilian life in August 1962, I learned that the four major metro dailies in L.A. had contracted into two dailies. No journalism jobs available in late 1962. With a new wife to support, I changed course and started work in Banking management. Seven years later, I moved to an audit manager position at Occidental Life in L.A. My responsibility was to oversee all special investigations concerning both agent and employee theft and fraud. Journalism training proved to be an invaluable assetÊin that it taught people skills, how to conduct effective interviews, investigative techniques to obtain information, and most of all, how to write and communicate efficently and with impact.ÊÊI had a rewarding career and retired at age 57 in Jan. 1997. We moved toÊEugene, Oregon, and have been active in the community since arriving."
See also: Garry Short, Joe Jares, Jim Bylin, Joe Saltzman. First added: 4/4/2004. Last updated: 4/11/2004
Patten, Yvonne
Unknown
1970? - 1975?
Nothing currently known. (Is she Yvonne Patten Strahn now?)
See also: Joe Jares. First added: 2/5/2002. Last updated: 8/28/2002
Patterson, Tom
Editor
1927? - 1931?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Patton, Mark
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Mark Patton
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Editorial Director, Staff Writer, Features Editor, Editor of So Cal Magazine
1973 - 1976 Personal recollections
Mark Patton is the sports editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press, according to the illuminating Kevin McKenna. Says Patton himself: "In my first newspaper job, I was a police-courts-education reporter/janitor/paper boy at the Santa Maria Times from 1976 to 1977. I was briefly promoted to sports editor there before accepting a sports writing job at the Santa Barbara News-Press in December of 1977. Too lazy to ever move again, and despite three ownership changes, I've been there ever since. We were sold recently by the New York Times (apparently on the passionate recommendation of Times-staffer and ex-DT colleague Kevin McKenna) to a Santa Barbara billionairess, Wendy McCaw. I was "promoted" upwards to sports editor six years ago. I still write columns and cover UC Santa Barbara men's basketball. I have told my editor-in-chief that I will keep that beat until the Gauchos finally make it back to the NCAA Tournament. I figure that way, I will live forever. Smart, huh?"
See also: Jim Carr, Kevin McKenna. First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 7/14/2004
Pauslen, David
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Peacock, Zack
Staff Writer
1999 - 2000
Zack is currently a web copywriter for Apollo Interactive.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 7/15/2004
Peake, Gwendolyn
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pearson, Ryan
Diversions writer (mostly music) - fired. Came slinking back as city reporter, then editorial writer
1998 - 2002 Personal recollections
Ryan's at The Associated Press in Los Angeles, working as a writer and supervisor in day shifts, night shifts, overnight shifts. He's living in Santa Monica.
See also: Jennifer Medina, Arash Markazi. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 4/17/2003
Pedrosa, Catherine
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Pellegrino, F. Paul
Photographer
1985? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pells, Eddie
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Peng, Tracy
Copy Editor, Staff Writer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Perez, Christopher
Managing Editor, Entertainment Editor, Assistant Entertainment Editor
1982? - 1985?
But not 1984, for some reason. Nothing else currently known - found on an old staff list.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Perez de la Garza, Dan
Staff Photographer
1991 - 1995
Moved to Ireland after graduating in 1995. Returned in late '96, moved to Upstate NY and worked as a staff photographer at small daily paper. Formed TV commercial venture, moved to New York City, where he has turned his focus to documentary filmmaking. Currently enrolled as MFA candidate in Film and New Media at Hunter College.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 3/29/2003
Pergament, Jaimie
See Glasson, Jaimie.
Perkins, Rex
Art Director
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Perlin, Natalie
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Perlman, Michael
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Perren, Nora
Assistant Entertainment Editor, Copy Editor, Assistant Editorial Editor
1984 - 1986
Perren was a Print Journalism major [woo hoo! -ed], and also served as President of Mortar Board, a senior honor society. She worked briefly as a book manuscript editor after graduating, then transitioned in to training and instructional design. She's designed and developed job training programs for companies such as Disneyland Resort, Kinko's, Nissan, Toyota and Southern California Edison (go ahead, ask her about overhead tranmission lines -- she'll tell ya). In 1992, she earned her Master's Degree in Rhetoric and Public Address from USC. She's still in touch with her DT buddies Catalina Camia and Dan Povenmire.
See also: Catalina Camia, Dan Povenmire. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/14/2004
Perrone, John
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Perry, Douglas
Editorial Columnist
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Perry, Jan
Photographer
1975? - 1977?
Jan Perry, who just won 9th city council district in LA, was a DT photographer and got her BA in journalism with class of '77, sez Jim Carr. Jan Perry has worked for over a decade in Los Angeles City Government as as Senior Planning Deputy, Legislative Deputy and as Chief of Staff in the 9th Council District. Oh, and here's the buried lead: She's now Councilmember, 9th District.
See also: Jim Carr. First added: 6/27/2001. Last updated: 5/31/2004
Perry, Jane
Copy Editor
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Perry, Jim
Co-sports Editor
1962 - 1964
Perry, who has worked for newspapers and in radio, television and public relations (including seven years as radio commentator on USC football broadcasts), is now an assistant athletic director at USC. Thanks, Dan Smith!
See also: Dan Smith. First added: 2/24/2003. Last updated: 3/3/2003
Pesce, Lucia
Staff Writer
1999? - 1999?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Peters, Cricket
Staff Writer
1988 - 1989
Best. DT Alumni Name. Ever. Graduated 1989 with a BA in Drama and 1993 with an MFA from USC Film School. Currently working as a feature cinematographer and visual effects gaffer in Nigeria and LA. Also lights plays at several theaters in NOHO arts district.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004
Peters, Joe
Staff Writer
1995 - 1996
Nothing of interest currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 4/11/2004
Peters, Joseph
Cartoonist
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Peterson, Amy
Staff Writer
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Peterson, Anne
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Peterson, Carole
See Cleveland, Carole.
Peterson, Gregg
Editor
1961? - 1965?
"Just checking out the DT website. You have nothing listed for Gregg Peterson...1965 (?)...well...you can reach him at [address] in Phoenix, OR. He has had and is having a fascinating life. Contact him...tell him Bebe Lyons sent you. Cheers!"
See also: Marguerite Scherb. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 12/4/2003
Peterson, Sharon
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Peterson, Sylvia
See DiSanti, Sylvia.
Pettenato, Michael
Theater Editor, Staff Writer
1999? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Pfaffenberger, Kirk
Copy Editor
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Pham, Minh
Staff Photographer
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Phibbs, Erin
Staff Writer
1996? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Phillips, Kyra
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Kyra Phillips
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Staff Writer
1988? - 1989?
It started with this mysterious message: "AT KCBS. WAS ON THE MORNING SHOW FOR A WHILE IN EASRLY (sic) '97 BUT HAVEN'T SEEN HER LATELY." It led to the official bio on the KCBS site: "Kyra Phillips joined the CBS 2 News team in September of 1995 and is now an investigative reporter for the award-winning Special Assignment unit. Her career in journalism began in the fourth grade when she created a school newspaper. Prior to CBS 2, Phillips was weekend anchor/reporter for WDSU-TV in New Orleans, LA. She has also worked as the weekend anchor/reporter at WLUK-TV in Green Bay, WI and at KAMC-TV in Lubbock, TX. Phillips worked as a field producer for CNN-Telemundo in Washington, D.C."
But now that bio is gone, Kyra has moved to Atlanta, and we refer you to the CNN bio, which reports: "In 1999, Phillips garnered three Emmy awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award for her investigative reporting. In 1997, she also won an Edward R. Murrow Award and was named the Associated Press Reporter of the Year."
See also: Manny de la Rosa, Alan Hoffman. First added: 11/2/1997. Last updated: 3/9/2000
Phungprasent, Tarica
Photographer
1999? - 1999?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Piasecki, Joe
Staff Writer, Lifestyle Columnist
2000 - 2001
Joe combines a shout-out with a plea for story ideas: "Hey guys. I'm an editor at the Pasadena Weekly, LA Citybeat and LA Valleybeat papers in LA. Got stories? pitch me (626) 584-1500, ext. 119."
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 11/2/2003
Pillai, Vidya
Copy Editor
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Pinkley, Virgil
Editor
1925? - 1929?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Pitts, Wayne
Staff Writer
1984 - 1988 Personal recollections
Wayne worked for several companies as copy editor and proofreader before moving to (of all places) Perth, Western Australia with now-wife Lyn. Currently program manager and field officer for the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.
See also: Gary Caffey, Danielle Sanford, Ara Najarian. First added: 8/7/2000. Last updated: 6/11/2003
Plagens, Peter
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Peter Plagens
Credit: David Berkwitz, Newsweek
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Cartoonist
1958 - 1962 Personal recollections
Latest news: Peter has an introspective art show on at USC's Fischer Gallery. Peter purports: "Plagens was the editorial-page cartoonist 1958-62. His best drawings were a riff on Tenniel for a Through-the-Looking-Glass "expose" of secret, Greek-based political parties at USC. (Well, that was a heavy subject back then.) He's an abstract painter who lives in New York and doubles as the art critic for Newsweek magazine." He's been a teacher, was published several books, and has an MFA from Syracuse. More specifically: Peter was an art major at USC, went immediately to graduate school at syracuse, got an mfa degree in painting, and came back to L.A. He's been an art professor for twenty years, ended up chairing a dept. at UNC, Chapel Hill. "Plighted my troth" with NY at age 44. Got a job at Newsweek. "ending" when he took a buyout in 2003, but they've kept him on as art critic on a contributing editor basis. the best of both worlds, he says: "My own painting and the semblance of a job at the same time." Lives in the classic loft, downtown (Tribeca is the neighborhood) Manhattan. married, second time (but for 22 years now) to a painter/art-professor, and his daughter goes to Kenyon College and wants to write.
See also: Larry Fisher, Wes Gregory, Garry Short. First added: 5/11/2003. Last updated: 1/16/2005
Plata, Charity
Staff Writer
1992 - 1994
Nothing currently known - found on an old staff list. I hope we'll find her -- I must have faith.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Plewe, Andrew
Staff Writer
1998 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Plotkin, Ellen
Staff Writer, Managing Editor, Columnist
1982 - 1984 Personal recollections
Ellen, now Ellen Mulholland, is living in Northern California with her two incredibly amazing kids. After four years training to be a journalist, Ellen has spent the last 12 years teaching. She teaches math and science to hormone-popping sixth graders - and loves it! Says Ellen: "After graduation I dodged journalism after short reporting stints for the former Herald Ex writing up drunk driving deaths and interviewing mourning mothers over the tragic deaths of their innocent young boys caught in the crossfire of LA gang shootings. I moved to London, wrote a novel I have still yet to publish. Returned two years later, secured a Teaching Credential, feeling I'd rather influence those youths and help them avoid the gunfire. I work with fifth and sixth graders. In my 11 years I have helped students through attempted suicides, deaths of a parent, the death of a classmate, breaking up of a family. I am at the start of getting my Administrative Credential and Masters in Counseling."
See also: Ron Flores, Mark Gill, Belma Johnson, Casey Wian, Mark Lowe. First added: 8/17/2001. Last updated: 9/30/2001
Podolor, James
Staff Writer
1997? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Pogatchnik, Shawn
Chief Copy Editor, Assistant City Editor, City Editor, Editorial Director
1986 - 1990
Shawn has a gift of gab, and writes me with this: "A four-line description, me arse. Been working the past decade for the AP, as Ireland correspondent since 1995. As of 2002, still toiling away for the AP in Dublin and Belfast, these days more in Dublin, because 4-year-old David has just started at the school next door. Getting Dave into his uniform and to the gates is a better way to get out of bed in the morning than the old method of having a news editor bark at you over the phone. The major AP event these days is getting a flak jacket that fits me; the last one shipped over worked great unless you tried to sit down or bend over, either of which proved impossible, which meant if you came under sniper fire you'd better not drop your notepad. Have been trying to persuade bosses without success for me to buy a kit of body armor from a local Northern Ireland supplier, since this is something of a local speciality. Nope, too logical. So until this problem gets sortted I'll have to boycott all properly dangerous assignments and stick to punishing my liver. The strangest assignment this year has been a 22-hour flight via Ascension Island to the Falklands in the pit of the South Atlantic winter to commemorate the 20th anniversary of war's end. It was so cold, even the penguins left. The dumbest assignment ever was last October, when based on some hyped ABC report I was ordered to this island six hours north of Glasgow to write about 'Anthrax Island,' where the stuff was tested as a possible weapon in WWII. Lots of sheep died in 1942, and that's as exciting as the island's history ever got. I spent time interviewing people about their fears (none) of living so close to a not-dangerous island, and the local sailor who was charging idiot TV crews 600 quid a head to ferry them to the island, about half a mile off the mainland. This guy, needless to say, could barely stop laughing long enough to tell his fellow pubgoers about these insane reporters in their moonsuits." Previous Shawn newsworthy notes including his covering the Tour de France and being sent to Sydney for a hard tour of Olympic duty. He's been the AP's Ireland correspondent since 1994, bopping between homes/offices in Belfast and Dublin. Married Jan Wilson, beautiful Irish lass [are they ever otherwise? - ed.] , in 1993, became proud father of David in 1998. Sent to cover Rwandan civil war and genocide ("appalling, dangerous") in 1994, Yugoslavia in 1995 ("lovely Croat coasts and fortunately on right side of artillery fire most of the time"). Was Rob Kendt's roomie back in '87 ("and he never forgave me"). He was given an Alicia Patterson fellowship and sabbatical from daily AP duties to work on his long-postponed book about Northern Ireland and its peace process ("but will I ever finish it? And would anyone read it anyway?") Of course we would, Shawn, of course we would. Shawn accepts visitors at both his Dublin home and Belfast loft. So use him mercilessly! Give him enough pints and he will drive you all over Erin.
See also: Rob Kendt, Aaron Curtiss. First added: 3/24/1997. Last updated: 2/23/2003
Polay, Sean "Spolay"
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Sean "Spolay" Polay
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Assistant News Editor, News Editor (twice), eSCence editor, City Editor, Assignment Editor
1989 - 1993
Polay (still goes by spolay, his original ATEX logon; now e-mail handle) remains ensconced as news & operations manager of projo.com, the Web site of The Providence Journal. Just passed 5 years there, as a matter of fact. When not running the Web site, he spends many evenings crafting culinary delights while refereeing his two boys, Sam and Mason, as they try to play with the same toy. Sean and his wife, Brandy, are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their third child. If it's another boy, they're switching to Kevlar home furnishings.
See also: Dmitri Williams, Mike Utley, Arwen Adams. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 1/16/2005
Polk, Kevin
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pollack, Rachel
See Arnone, Rachel.
Pollock, Bronwyn
Photographer
1994 - 1994
Bronwyn cops a plea: "I finished law school in 2000 and have since worked at Mayer Brown as a litigator. I'm currently working on the World Trade Center insurance coverage action representing Westfield, which leased the retail mall at the World Trade Center."
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Pomeroy, Tracy
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Pool, Scott
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Popham, Matt
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Porter, Michael
Advertising Intern
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Potamianos, Kosta
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Potter, Robert
Chief Photographer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pournelle, Frank
Photographer
1985 - 1987
Now a specicialist in direct response marketing, Frank Pournelle helps corporate partners like University of Phoenix, H&R Block and Century 21 to maximize their TV advertising campaigns.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/24/2003
Pouteau, Chimaine
Assistant Chief Photographer
1991? - 1991?
Azniv fesses this: "I worked with Chimaine at KTLA 10 O'Clock News for a number of years. She was on the assignment desk and when I left, she had been promoted to overnight assignment editor. Last I heard, she had left KTLA and was working at Ch. 13. (I originally spelled her name "Chimaine Poteau.")
See also: Azniv Ketenchian. First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 11/2/2003
Povenmire, Dan
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Dan Povenmire
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Cartoonist (Life Is a Fish)
1985 - 1991
Dan Povenmire got married in 2001 in Venezuela to an industrial designer/model maker named Clarissa. Though known to most as "the guy with the big head," Dan has achieved fame in a second way at Fox TV Animation, where he was directing for the prime time animation show, "Family Guy". After Family Guy, Dan went returned to Nickelodeon (he'd worked there previously), writing and directing for SpongeBob Squarepants. And just when you thought this description couldn't get more convoluted, he is now at Warner Bros writing and directing new Looney Tunes animated shorts to be shown in front of Warner Bros movies. He still has a band (Keep Left). Their second CD "Letters from Fielding" available through from Arizona University Recordings via the Internet at aurec.com or by e-mailing him directly. Dan's house is in Pasadena with a view of Mount Wilson, shared with Clarissa, his cat (list, not appositive), and occasionally with the band members and visiting cartoonists. ("Dijon the Armadillo's" Larry Stone stayed with Dan when in Los Angeles). Lastly, he's playing a lot of volleyball, so if anyone knows any good games in the Pasadena area, email him pronto.
See also: Larry Stone, Michael Culross, Adam Rifkin, Gary Vonderlinden. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 9/27/2003
Powell, Adam
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Powell, Cinque
Staff Writer
1997? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Power, Tim
Illustrator
1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Powers, Aaron
Asst. Diversions Editor
1993? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nik Trendowski. First added: 12/30/2001. Last updated: 12/30/2001
Powers, Stephanie
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Prado, Alex
Illustrator
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Preciado, Consuelo
Staff Writer
1987? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Prelle, Monica
Staff Photographer
1998 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Press, Ken
Illustrator
1985? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Prest, Audrey
See Ramsay, Audrey.
Price, Steve
Sports Editor, Assistant Sports Editor, Staff Writer
1987? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Price, Summer
Staff Writer
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known - found on an old staff list. Smiley, in this editor's recollection.
See also: Travis Smith. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Price, Traci
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Pride, Akkia
Staff Writer
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Pritchard III, Ed
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Prizer, Ed
Editor
1943? - 1947?
This obituary is from the Orlando Business Journal, January 17, 2003: Ed Prizer, longtime Orlando publisher, dies. The founder of Orlando's oldest city magazine died Wednesday(January 15, 2003. DW) after a lengthy illness. Prizer, 80, a former Associated Press executive from New York, moved to Central Florida in 1951 and purchased a local tourist guide, the "Orlando-Winter Park Attraction," which he renamed "Orlando-Land." According to one of the magazine's former publishers, Randy Noles, Prizer spent decades transforming what eventually became "Orlando" magazine into an award-winning publication at a time of one of the area's most significant growth periods. Prizer, his wife, Artice, and his staff shifted the editorial emphasis away from traditional tourist-oriented content of similar magazines and focused instead on the growth and development issues facing Orlando. Prizer personally wrote much of the material about the boom during the construction of Walt Disney World, and afterward and became a source for the local history during those boom years. In 1988, after more than 20 years of growth and success, Prizer sold the magazine and assumed the publisher emeritus title. He stepped down entirely in 1992 and retired.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 2/2/2004
Probst, Rad
Staff Writer, Columnist (Uberchicken)
1995 - 1998
Rad is still working at USC Annenberg for Dean Cowan and is enjoying his quarterlife crisis. He still freelance writes as is in training for the Honolulu Marathon in December. So much for smoking on the DT balcony... He was once seen doing freelance for such publications as JOEY magazine.
See also: Susie Gardner. First added: 7/4/2000. Last updated: 3/13/2003
Procida, Richard
Editorial Columnist
1989? - 1989?
Richard has recently published a book entitled "Social Issues in Global Perspective: Pornography." The book compares the laws and social/cultural attitudes toward pornography in a sample of countries throughout the world. He also recently obtained a law degree from American University in Washington, D.C. and is currently practicing law in his home town of Whittier, California.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/27/2003
Prosser, Jennifer
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Prosyak, Rita
Staff Writer
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Pullin, Kelly
Chief Copy Editor, Editorial Director, Assistant City Editor, Co-Diversions Editor
1995 - 1999
Kelly Pullin graduated from USC, according to Elisa Ung. She went to, and returned from, Portland, OR, with her fabulous boyfriend Jason Spencer, and Kelly Pullin is now "Marketing Specialist" for a catalog company in Torrance. Dig the fancy title. Portland was cold, dark, and wet, but there she discovered that she "loves the business world, and marketing in particular. Go figure. At one point, I was positive that I wanted to be a copy editor!"
See also: Elisa Ung, Melanie Reyes, Wes Biggs, Jason Spencer, Tariq Malik. First added: 2/21/1999. Last updated: 1/21/2002
Pun, Katherine
Photographer
1990? - 1990?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Pupius, Andrew
Staff Photographer
1994 - 1995
After leaving the DT, Andy went on to finish USC in 1999 with a BS in Business Administration with dual emphases in Information Technology and Marketing. He also is an alumni of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Alpha Delta Chapter, where he served as social chair (it's a title, not an item of furniture) and house photographer during the '95 and '96 school years. Andy has been living in Chicago since the summer of 1999 where he has been working for MCI Telecommunications as a team lead for high bandwidth circuit design engineering.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 1/17/2004
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