We express condolences at the death of longtime Ball State University journalism professor Earl Conn. He died Sept. 20 in Muncie at the age of 82.
Dr. Conn worked at various publications and was a high school teacher before permanently joining the Ball State faculty in 1964. He became journalism department chairman in 1984 and was founding dean of the university’s College of Communication, Information and Media in 1996. He retired from Ball State in 1998, a year after he was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Conn wrote six books, most recently “My Indiana: 101 More Places To See.”
Indianapolis Star executive editor Juli Metzger told The Star Press of Muncie: “He was not just a champion for journalism but also a wonderful historian, photographer, travel writer and just decent man.”
For more, see Ball State’s announcement on Dr. Conn’s death.
