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A memorial service for Marilyn Schultz, St. Edward’s University associate professor of Communication, will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel on the St. Edward's campus.
A reception will follow in the Maloney Room on campus. Schultz died Sunday after a brief illness, she was 64.
Schultz taught a wide variety of communication and journalism courses. She was active in the development of SEU TV and, along with former Assistant Professor Michele Kay, helped to develop the journalism minor. More recently, Schultz worked closely with Assistant Professor Jena Heath to win administration approval for an online edition of Hilltop Views.
“I think in terms of the community [at St. Edward’s], she’s had an enormous impact on the Communication Department and the communication program,” said Father Louis Brusatti, dean of Humanities, Schultz’s boss, neighbor and close friend. “She was certainly a unique person.”
An experienced academic, the native Midwesterner nevertheless held on to her irreverent and, at times, hard-charging, newsroom persona.
Before launching the second chapter of her life as a professor, she had a distinguished career with NBC as a researcher and on-air personality. During her tenure with the network, she was a driving force behind a class action lawsuit against NBC and all of its affiliates that called for equality in opportunity and pay for women.
“I organized the women at NBC, and ultimately it was a nationwide lawsuit,” said Schultz in a video interview with Kate Rosati, administrative coordinator for the School of Humanities. (To view the video please go below) “The suit took seven years and ultimately made a settlement that opened the door for women in the business.”
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