Two WOUB Alumni Receive Recent Honors

We are proud to say we knew them, way back when...

Paula Shugart ('81 BSC-RTV) and Perry Sook ('80 BSC-RTV), both fellow WOUB alumnus, have recently been in the news and are being noted and congratulated, by all their old friends and acquaintances from Ohio University.

Perry Sook, has been named Broadcasting and Cable Magazine's "Broadcaster of the Year". Sook is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Sook will be honored September 10, 2009, when the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) holds its forecasting conference at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center in New York City. Sook also currently serves as a director of the Television Bureau of Advertising and serves as trustee for the Ohio University Foundation

Paula Shugart will be receiving her honors in October, when she receives the Ohio University Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus Award, during Ohio University homecoming weekend. Honors to be bestowed at a black tie gala Friday, October 16th, 2009 at the new Baker University Center. Shugart is president of the Miss Universe Organization. The MISS UNIVERSE®, MISS USA® and MISS TEEN USA® Pageants are a Donald J. Trump and NBC Universal joint venture. And that means, yes, she works for Donald Trump. Many might suggest she merits awards for that alone.

Congratulations to both Paula and Perry, our friends, and fellow WOUB alumni. We are all so very proud of both of you!!