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The Kansas City Press Club History Project

Founders of the Kansas City Press Clubfounders

Frank Gorrie of the Associated Press (foreground at left), is listed as the first president of the Kansas City Press Club. He was named president in1947. Also in this photograph taken about 1965 are (left to right) Hal Boyle, AP; Kenneth Fox, Kansas City Star; Gordon Gilmore, TWA; Harold Mack (Grove), KCMO-TV-Radio; Bob Helmer, TWA; and J.D. Bowersock, Kansas City Star.

A framed document titled “House Rules” shows the Kansas City Press Club had a home in 1979. A room at the Hotel President, 14th and Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo., served as Press Club headquarters.

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Recent Awards

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The Kansas City Press Club received two awards in 2002-03 at the national Society of Professional Journalists conference. The Circle of Excellence Award for small chapters was presented to the Kansas City Press Club in recognition of outstanding contributions and excellence in the area of diversity. The Press Club also received the Outstanding Small Professional Chapter Award for Region VII.
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Special Awards

History project coordinated by Mary Rupert