Elliott, Osborn, dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

Gray, Hanna H., president, University of Chicago

Hays, Howard H., Jr., editor and publisher, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise

Hills, Lee, president and executive editor, Knight Newspapers, Inc.

Hughes, John, editor, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA

Kirkpatrick, Clayton, chief executive officer, Chicago Tribune

Leonard, Richard H., editor and senior vice president, The Milwaukee Journal

McGill, William J., president, Columbia University, New York, NY

Phillips, Warren H., chairman and chief executive officer, Dow Jones & Co., New York, NY

Pulitzer, Joseph Jr. (III), editor and publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Raspberry, William J., columnist, The Washington Post

Reston, James, columnist, The New York Times

Sovern, Michael I., president, Columbia University, New York, NY

Wilkins, Roger W., senior fellow, Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, DC