I like your suggestions.  One question though-- Are contributions to AEJMC 
tax-deductible?  If not, perhaps contributions via a university or 
charitable organization account would encourage gifts, though the listing 
in the convention program (if we decide to act on the idea in my previous 
e-mail) would list the name of the individual, division, university, or 
organization responsible for the contribution.

Camilla

At 04:34 PM 1/26/2009 -0600, Federico Subervi wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I totally agree with you:  Lee was a giant in both the academic and 
>professional sides our field.
>
>Thus, if we can send a flower arrangement on our collective behalf, I am 
>sure it will be welcome by the Barrow family.
>
>I was also in the conversation during which Lee shared the story about the 
>meager contribution offered by Walter Cronkite.
>
>That is yet another reason I believe that it would be much more touching 
>and meaningful, that we proceed with the two things I mentioned in my 
>first contribution to this discussion:
>
>1. That those who wish to do so, send a personal note to his family 
>indicating the value of Lee's guidance and support for our academic success.
>
>2. That we collectively and individually contribute to the scholarship 
>fund in his name.  In fact, we should aim to get that fund to the level it 
>should be if it were adjusted for inflation, in other words, AT LEAST 
>$3,000.  Moreover, that amount should not be just for the next recipient 
>or recipients of the scholarship in his name.  It should be kept and 
>increased in the future as our funds allow.
>
>Cordially,
>Federico
>
>
>On Jan 26, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Anita Fleming-Rife wrote:
>
>>That was why I asked if we could do both--I was most bothered by the 
>>$100.00 amount.  Lee Barrow was not just an individual mentor--he was a 
>>giant--our giant--in the field of Mass Communication.  He was 
>>uncompromising and unselfish in his quest for an inclusive field--not 
>>just the academic side but the industry side as well.  Last year, we 
>>recognized him in a session entitled:  40 Years After the Kerner 
>>Commission Report and Lee Barrow's Vision for a More Inclusive AEJ.   Had 
>>it not been for Lee Barrow's prescience--there's a good chance that an 
>>inclusive AEJ would not have come to pass because it took not only vision 
>>on Barrow's part but courage.
>>
>>Last year, he shared with me a story about another giant in the 
>>field--but on the industry side, Walter Cronkite.  After Barrow 
>>approached him on behalf of young people who needed funding for 
>>internships, Cronkite responded several weeks later with a check for 
>>$50.  Barrow said he was shocked that someone of Cronkite's stature and 
>>who called himself concerned about breaking barriers for black youth 
>>would donate such a small amount--that was in the 
>>1970s.   Federico--maybe you can calculate that adjusting for 
>>inflation--but off the top of my head that is what $100 represents in 
>>2009--to a man whose life's work has touched us all.
>>
>>Bradley made a suggestion, which I support.  I also think that we should 
>>discuss at the Boston meeting to give a set amount annually to the 
>>scholarship fund even if it means raising the fees by some amount.  He 
>>was a great man and should be recognized as such.
>>
>>
>>I lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. . . .
>>
>>
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Camilla Gant, Ph.D.
Director/Associate Professor
Mass Communications
University of West Georgia

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