American Business Media Awards Alan Douglas, Douglas Publications, Inc., the 2001 McAllister Top Management Fellowship.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001 Alan Douglas, President, Douglas Publications, Inc., Richmond, Va., was awarded with the 2001 McAllister Top Management Fellowship at the American Business Media American Business Media is an association of business information providers that was founded in 1906. Currently, the association has more than 300 member companies and delivers business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway, representing almost 5,000 (ABM ABM: see guided missile. ABM - Asynchronous Balanced Mode ) Spring Meeting, May 6-9, at The Greenbrier greenbrier: see smilax. Resort in White Sulphur Springs White Sulphur Springs, town (1990 pop. 2,779), Greenbrier co., SE W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. near the Virginia border; settled c.1750. A mineral springs health resort since early 1800s, it is the site of The Greenbrier, a historic hotel whose grounds conceal a , WV. The McAllister Top Management Fellowship, awarded annually, is an honor given to a top management executive at an ABM member company. The Board of Geyer-McAllister Publications to honor Donald McAllister, Sr. on his 60th anniversary with the company established the McAllister Top Management Fellowship in 1984. The McAllister Fellow acts as a teacher and advisor for approximately one week on the Medill Magazine project at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism (often just called Medill) is one of the premier journalism, integrated marketing, and media schools in the United States. . In recognition of the professional contribution made by the Fellow, the award also includes a $1,000 honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. 2. . Mr. Douglas works tirelessly on behalf of ABM serving on the Board of Directors and has chaired the Smaller Publishers Committee, 11 of the media services committees and the Membership Acceleration Program. Before entering the publishing business Mr. Douglas practiced law, served on the faculty of three universities and managed a number of businesses. In 1997 Douglas Publications won the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Blue Chip Enterprise Award and was named to the "Folio:40" list as a leading publisher. ABM is pleased to join Geyer-McAllister Publications in recognition of Mr. Douglas' accomplishments and contribution to the business-to-business publishing industry by awarding him the 2001 McAllister Top Management Fellowship. Recent McAllister Fellowship winners are: Daniel Ramella, President/COO, Penton Media, Inc., and John Wickersham, President, VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Business Media, Inc. Founded in 1907, American Business Media is the b2b industry association for global information providers that represent magazines, Web sites, trade shows, conferences, newsletters, and other media. These member companies reach an audience of more than 88.9 million professionals and generate more than $23 billion in industry revenues. |
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