I am truly saddened to hear the news of Sharon’s death. I’m not sure when I first met Sharon, but I believe it was in the late 1970s when she was on the faculty at Ohio State University and both of us served on the AEJMC Committee on Research. We shared an interest in science communication and appeared together on panels and at conferences for many years. I was pleased when she joined the faculty at Wisconsin, where I earned my Ph.D. In 1968. As chair, she was an excellent steward of this outstanding program. Her influence as a researcher and educator will last long beyond her too-short lifetime.

Jim Grunig, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland