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robert Mitchell, alumnus

 

bob mitchellJob Title: Managing Editor
Attended SCSU: 1982-1986
Degree received: B.S. in journalism
Current place of employment: Merion Publications, Inc.

 

 

 

Education

B.S. Journalism, class of 1980
M.S. Economics, 1983


Job description

Responsible for managing a staff of four editors, editing articles, writing articles, assigning articles to authors in the health care information technology field. Also, served as a judge for the past two years for Microsoft Healthcare Users Group annual Industry Solution's Awards.


Family

Wife: Dawn Heckert; daughters: Joslyn Heckert-Mitchell, age 10; Gillian Heckert-Mitchell, age 6.


Memories of SCSU

Deadline nights at the Southern News. I remember not having pages done on deadline night and we all had to lug a bunch of pages over to Lynn Mikaluk's apartment to finish the job.


Most interesting thing that's happened to you since graduation

Meeting Bob Keesham (Captain Kangaroo), held a job for more than three years! And, of course, getting married.


Life Since Graduation

I worked for a small daily newspaper in Upstate New York, The Catskill Daily Mail for four years; worked as a technical writer for two years and a senior account manager for two years at a workers compensation insurance company.