JED Program receives grant
By TIM LOGAN
News Editor
A new donation will continue and enhance Notre Dame's Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy, the University announced Monday.
The contribution will provide scholarships and internship support for journalism students and help underwrite administrative costs for the program. It also will fund conferences, lectures and new courses in journalism. The amount of the grant was not released.
The money will enable the program, founded in 1997 with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, to grow further, according to its director, Robert Schmuhl.
"It is certainly the next phase in the development of journalism education at Notre Dame," he said. "It allows the University to make a larger commitment to the education of future journalists in an ethical and responsible way."
The announcement coincided with the annual meeting of the Program's Advisory Council, which held a panel discussion Monday on the future of journalism.
The donation was made by the family of John Gallivan, a long-time Salt Lake City journalist and 1937 Notre Dame graduate. The program will now bear his name.
"I am grateful to my children for endowing Notre Dame's Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy in my name and grateful, also, to my alma mater for her lifetime guiding hand," Gallivan said in a statement. "It is my ardent wish that that the program be dedicated to the restoration of public trust in journalism."
Gallivan expressed hope that the program would teach aspiring journalists to pursue quality reporting with fairness and integrity.
He is chairman of the board and publisher emeritus of the Kearns Tribune Corporation. He has worked with that company since graduating from Notre Dame and served as publisher of the Salt Lake City Tribune from 1960 to 1984.
The gift itself was made by Michael and Sharee Gallivan, Ned and Gay Gallivan and Tim and Pam Gallivan. It is a part of the $767 million "Generations" campaign.
"What the Gallivan family has done here cannot be understated — should not be understated — in any shape or form," said Bill Dwyre, advisory council member and sports editor for the Los Angeles Times. "This is a special moment."
The Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy is a five-course concentration in the College of Arts and Letters.
All News Stories for Tuesday, October 12, 1999
