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1940-49

The memoirs of Gainesville, Ga., media executive John W. Jacobs, Jr., BJ '47, titled "The Longer You Live," will be published in mid-November by Brenau University Press. Jacobs' book has significance both as a regional history as well as a chronicle of the media pioneer's work in radio, cable television and other media through the evolution of the industry in the past six decades. Coincidentally, Jacobs was born in Gainesville on Nov. 28, 1922, the same year that the first commercial radio broadcasting license was issued in the United States, to KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the same year the first license was issued in Gainesville, to a station run by Brenau University, where Jacobs serves as a trustee. Thus, his book is also a personal history of the growth and evolution of his hometown since the 1920s.  Added: Nov. 9, 2009

Bob Herr, BJ '41, and his wife of 64 years, Gloria, are enjoying life in Raleigh, N.C. He was in flight training at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. From 1942-1945, Herr served in a Navy PBY Seaplane Squadron in the South Pacific. He was the advertising director of daily newspapers in Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma from 1945-1970 when he moved to Raleigh to become the southeast sales representative for MultiAd Services of Peoria, Ill. After working 15 years of working in 11 southeastern states, Herr retired in 1985 after 40 years in newspapers. He worked at Avis Rental Car Systems at the Raleigh/Durham airport from 1990 to March 8, 2009, when he resigned on his 91st birthday.  Added: Aug. 10, 2009

Edwin Stokely, BJ '42, died on Aug. 19, 2007.  Added: June 2, 2009

Bernard Waterman, BJ '49, is the president of Waterman Broadcasting in Fort Myers, Fla.  Added: May 18, 2009