Contact: Charla Jenkins, University Theatre, (785) 864-2684.
Editor's note: Photo of Dotson available. Contact: John Reimringer (785) 864-8856.
LAWRENCE - University of Kansas alumnus Bob Dotson, now a national
correspondent for NBC-TV's "Today" show, will return to his alma mater Oct.
27 and 28 to assist KU's Friends of the Theatre organization with a $20,000
fund-raising project to purchase new seating risers and chairs for the Inge
Theatre in Murphy Hall.
While in Lawrence, Dotson will present the third talk in FROTH's "Dinner
with ..." series at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Alvamar County Club, and
will also receive the alumni honor citation from the Department of Theatre
and Film.
For FROTH's "Dinner with ... Bob Dotson," the newsman's topic will be
"There is always someone in New
York, who has had eight hours of sleep, who has something for you to do!"
Patterned after National Press Club Luncheons in Washington, D.C., Dotson's
talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Reservations for "Dinner with ... Bob Dotson" are available by calling Nancy
Longhurst at (785) 842-1202. Tickets are $50.
Dotson also will make an informal presentation for KU students at 3:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 27, on the Herk Harvey Soundstage in Oldfather Studios, 9th and
Avalon Road. That evening, he will share stories about his travels during a
fireside fund-raising dinner for 20 couples at the home of Bill and Dru
Sampson of Lawrence.
On Saturday, Oct. 28, Dotson will conduct a book signing at 10:30 a.m. at
Border's Books and Music, 700 New Hampshire St. His newest book, "Make It
Memorable: Writing and Packaging TV News with Style," was published in
September by Bonus Books.
Born in St. Louis, Dotson majored in journalism and political science at
KU, graduating in 1968. While attending KU, he was a reporter and
photographer for KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo., and was news director and
reporter for KFKU-KANU-FM in Lawrence. He completed his master's of science
in television at Syracuse University in 1969.
Dotson says KU "goes way back in my family," explaining, "my grandfather,
Paul B. Bailey, graduated in 1910 and rode a horse from Hiawatha to attend
the KU law school."
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