1971 Hellinger Award Winner- Margaret Stomierowski Gould

Jim Bishop, far left, signs copies of his book "Days of Martin Luther King, Jr." for (from left) John Charles Daly, Margaret Stomierowski and Douglas Edwards at the Hellinger Award reception.

 

Margaret Stomierowski from Olean, New York was designated as the winner of the 1971 Mark Hellinger Award. An employee for the Olean Times-Herald throughout her college career. She was also the recipient of the a Newspaper Fund Scholarship funded by the Wall Street Journal; as a result, she studied at Temple University before being assigned to the copy desk of The Hartford Times in Connecticut. In addition, she was also the recipient of a Gannett Newspaper Scholarship.

Serving as the editor of The Bona Venture while at St. Bonaventure, Stomierowski was heavily involved with service work as a student. She was active in the founding of the non-profit Olean Coffee House and planned on doing service work with the Peace Corps after graduation. Stomierowski was a member of Sigma Delta Chi, a student and professional journalism society and Delta Epsilon Sigma.

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