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You know, Mr. President, women are newspaper men, too. — History professor Arthur Schlesinger Sr. to President Conant in arguing that women should be admitted to the Nieman program, 1945

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Ronald R. Walker Dies at 76

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Ronald R. Walker, a longtime Virgin Islands journalist and resident, died Nov. 23. Walker began his journalism career in 1959 as a reporter with the Virgin Islands Daily News, serving as editor in 1976 and 1977. He also worked at the San Juan Star, where he eventually served as managing editor. He was a 1971 Nieman Fellow. Read more »

Class of 1971

First row (from left): Dwight Sargent (Curator), Hyuck In Lew, James Ahearn, Josephine Thomas, Theunissen Vosloo, Richard Pothier, Gerry LaFollette, Jerome Kelly.

Second row: Eddie Monteclaro, Itsuo Sakane, Jerome Watson, Frederick Garretson, John Pekkkanen, Michael Kirkhorn, Ronald Walker, Daniel Rapoport, James Squires, Jack Schwartz.