• Artists:
  • Robert E. Timberlake (1981), honored American artist
  • Wilson P. Hurley (1985), western landscape artist
  • Thomas Wesselmann (1993), internationally-acclaimed artist
• Authors:
  • George Ade (1935), author (Fables in Slang) and playwright (1935)
  • Roy C. Andrews (1935), naturalist, explorer, and author
  • Chase S. Osburn (1935), philanthropist and author
  • Booth Tarkington (1937), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Magnificent Ambersons [Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1919], Alice Adams [Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1922], and Penrod children's books as well as several motion picture screenplays)
  • Colin Clements (1939), playwright and novelist
  • Martin Flavin (1946), playwright (Children of the Moon ) and novelist (Journey in the Dark [Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1944])
  • Hervey Allen (1950), Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist (Anthony Adverse) and biographer of Edgar Allen Poe
  • Fletcher B. Knebel (1955), columnist and author (Vanished)
  • H. Cavett Robert (1979), award-winning speaker, author and management consultant
  • Francis ``Buck" Rodgers (1989), author and lecturer, former IBM executive
  • H. Jackson Brown (1993), author: Life's Little Instruction Book
• Journalists: (These men were associated with associated with the newspapers mentioned at the time each was named a Significant Sig.)
  • Wythe Williams (1946), correspondent, commentator and author
  • Royal A. Gunnison (1948), war correspondent
  • Steve Hannagan (1948), prominent press agent
  • George L. Moorad (1950), reporter, commentator, and war correspondent
  • Raymond P. Brandy (1952), Washington correspondent
  • David L. Ashenfelter (1983), Detroit journalist and 1982 Pulitzer-Prize winner
  • John N. Wilford, Jr. (1987), Pulitzer Prize-winning writer: The New York Times
  • John W. Mashek (1989), Washington D.C. correspondent: Atlanta Journal and Boston Globe
• Publishers: (These men were associated with the newspapers, journals, and/or publishing houses at the time each was named a Significant Sig.)
  • James G. Stahlman (1937), President and publisher: Nashville Banner
  • Robert H. Ferger (1950), Publisher: The Cincinnati Enquirer
  • Kent Cooper (1952), Executive Director: Associated Press
  • Fred C. Millis (1952), advertising expert and newspaper publisher
  • Donald W. Anderson (1963), Publisher: Wisconsin State Journal
  • Ralph E. McGill (1967), Editor and Publisher: Atlanta Constitution
  • Martin S. Hayden (1969), Editor: The Detroit News
  • Charles D. Hepler (1971), Publisher: Reader's Digest
  • Kenneth M. Grubb (1973), retired Board Chairman, Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
  • Charles A. Jones (1973), President: Charles E. Merrill Books
  • Charles E. Swanson (1973), President: Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Champ Clark (1975), Former Senior Editor, Time Magazine
  • William J. Keating (1977), President and Editor: Cincinnati Enquirer and former U.S. Congressman (Ohio)
  • Richard G. Capen, Jr. (1981), Senior Vice-President: Knight-Ridder newspapers
  • James B. Horton (1981), Publisher: Working Woman
  • Robert E. Page (1981), General Manager: San Antonio Express-News
  • William M. Kelley, Jr. (1985), Publisher: Money magazine
  • Thomas C. Redd (1987), Senior Vice-President and Publisher: Family Circle magazine
  • William J. Woestendiek (1987), Executive Editor: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • John W. Madigan (1991), Publisher: Chicago Tribune
  • Lee S. Anderson (1993), Editor & Publisher: Chattanooga News-Free Press

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