Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Editor's Hall of Fame [PAGE 10]

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HISTORY OF THE HALL

The Editors' Hall of Fame, established by the Illinois Press Association in 1927, is the outgrowth of discussion which followed the assassination of Don R. Mellett, editor of the Canton, Ohio, Ledger. Mellett was shot down on July 16, 1926, and a short time later L. M. Wood, publisher of the Flora Journal, proposed the establishment of the Hall to preserve the spirit and achievement of notable members of the press. The Southern Illinois Editorial Association took up the proposal at its meeting in Granite City on April 23, 1927, and brought it before the state body in session at the School of Journalism of the University of Illinois on Friday afternoon, October 14, 1927. At the business session of the Association on the following morning the establishment of the Hall was voted and regulations adopted to govern the election of men who by their lives and deeds have contributed to the advancement and the dignity of the profession of journalism. Under the regulations the Illinois Press Association established a Hall of Fame Committee charged with conduct of elections and other business of the Hall. The Committee has met five times and has elected twelve men to the state section of the Hall. At the first meeting, on October 12, 1928, four men were elected; at the second meeting, on October 3, 1929, five men were elected; at the third meeting, on October 4, 1929, three men were elected. The fourth meeting, on Tuesday, June 17, 1930, was held to make arrangements for the dedication of the Hall; the fifth meeting, on November 20,1930, was devoted

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