STC's Honorary Ranks

2008 Associate Fellows

The rank of associate fellow is conferred only upon a senior member who has attained distinction in the field of technical communication. Senior members may not apply for the rank of associate fellow; they must be nominated by a committee composed of fellows and associate fellows. This year's honorees are listed below.

William L. Collins
Chapter Name: Philadelphia Metro
SIG: AccessAbility and Instructional Design & Learning

For dedication to expanding the technical communication profession through volunteering and mentoring peers at the corporate level as well as at the local, regional, and international levels of the Society.

Lori Corbett
Chapter Name: Philadelphia Metro and Orlando
SIG: Information Design & Architecture

For outstanding, long-term leadership of multiple STC chapters, commitment to excellence in setting and achieving chapter and member goals, and her legacy of well-trained and enthusiastic volunteers.

Jeanette P. Evans
Chapter Name: Northeast Ohio
SIG: Emerging Technologies

For outstanding service to the Society, to the Northeast Ohio chapter, and to her fellow members and students through her volunteer efforts, presentations, encouragement, and mentoring.

Amy S. Friend
Chapter Name: Rochester
SIG: Quality & Process Improvement

For outstanding and steadfast long-term STC chapter leadership, excellence in communication and quality, and ingenuity in programming and management for professional organizations.

Ann-Marie Grissino
Chapter Name: Carolina
SIG: Information Design & Architecture, Instructional Design & Learning, and Single Sourcing

For extraordinary leadership and vision in the technical communication profession and for outstanding, sustained service to the Carolina chapter of STC.

Brian J. Lindgren
Chapter Name: South Carolina Midlands
SIG: Marketing Communication

For his decades of sustained support of the profession and the Society, through leadership, mentoring, and active promotion of professionalism in technical communication, and for his commitment to quality.

Victoria J. Maki
Chapter Name: Silicon Valley
SIG: Information Design & Architecture

For outstanding service to the Berkeley and Silicon Valley chapters and to the NorCal community by serving as a leader, mentor, and role model; and for work promoting the understanding of API documentation.

Richard Mateosian
Chapter Name: Berkeley, East Bay, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley
SIG: Management

For furthering the art and science of technical communication through innovative, high-quality work and tireless, outstanding service to STC and the profession.

Sarah S. O'Keefe
Chapter Name: Carolina, India, TransAlpine, and U.K.
SIG: Consulting & Independent Contracting, Europe, and Management

For business acumen and integrity, technical vision, and a prolific speaking and writing career that has contributed insight and original thinking to the field of technical communication and STC.

Gloria A. Reece
Chapter Name: Orlando
SIG: Academic, AccessAbility, Consulting & Independent Contracting, Emerging Technologies, Instructional Design & Learning, and Usability & User Experience

For tirelessly aiding the visually handicapped, advancing the field of accessibility, teaching technical communication, and contributing to STC, while generously sharing experiences and knowledge with countless beneficiaries throughout the world.

Chauncey E. Wilson
Chapter Name: Boston
SIG: AccessAbility and Usability & User Experience

For outstanding contributions as a leader, innovator, mentor, and teacher in the fields of technical communication and usability and for generously sharing experience and wisdom with colleagues.

Cheryl Lockett Zubak
Chapter Name: Philadelphia Metro
SIG: Instructional Design & Learning, Online, Single Sourcing, and Usability & User Experience

For leadership in user assistance design, for unswerving and tireless teaching and mentorship of other technical communicators, and for devotion to technical communication as one of the most human forms of everyday communication.

 

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