Alumni Hall of Fame

2003 Inductees

Carl Mallory, a 1983 graduate of ETSU, was chosen for the Division of Public Relations. Mallory began his career with BBDO/Atlanta and later became director of sales and marketing with Kinko’s Corporate of Ventura, Calif, as well as holding directorial positions with the Greenville, S.C., Chamber and Henderson Advertising in South Carolina. Mallory returned to Knoxville in 1998 and currently owns Marcom Corp., a consulting firm specializing in brand, marketing and public relations.
   
Sportswriter and author Chris Dortch was selected outstanding alumnus from the Division of Journalism.  Dortch graduated in 1978, becoming the youngest sports writer in Tennessee and writing for the Kingsport Times-News. After writing for various papers, Dortch became editor of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and started the Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook.  He is a reporter and consultant for Sports Illustrated and has published two books.
   
Karen Pope Stiles was chosen from the Division of Advertising.  Stiles graduated in 1986, and soon after graduation, started Rivers Advertising Inc. out of her home in Maryville.  In the past 15 years, her company has grown into a 2,000-square-foot showroom and has reached the million-dollar mark in sales.
   
The theatre division chose John Hardy, a 1981 graduate, as its inductee. After graduating, Hardy earned his master of fine arts in directing from the University of Alabama in 1991, and in 1993 he received a doctorate in fine arts from Texas Tech University.  He has also won several awards for his professional achievements, such as the Southwest Theatre Association Best New Play for Young Audiences Award. Hardy has now returned to the region- a playwright, director, actor and teacher- where he is associated director of Barter Theatre in Abingdon Va.
   
The broadcasting and speech inductee was Steve Hawkins, a 1977 graduate in broadcasting with a minor in speech.  Hawkins began working at WCYB-TV in 1976 as a news reporter during his junior year and was promoted to news anchor in 1979.  Since then he has won numerous awards in journalism and news reporting.  He has been WCYB news director since 1985, as well as 6 p.m. news anchor for the past three years since the retirement of Merrill Moore.