Lewis W. Diuguid
Newspaper Executive
Kansas City, Mo
As vice president for community resources at The Kansas City Star, Lewis Diuguid, BJ ’77, is responsible for the newspaper’s philanthropic efforts in the community. After working at The Kansas City Times, he joined the Star in 1985, and he has written a column for the paper since 1987. Editorial board member and co-chair of the Star’s diversity initiative, Diuguid has been involved with the Star’s diversity efforts since its start in 1993. He has also been a certified diversity facilitator with the Newspaper Association of America. He frequently shares this special talent with schools, corporations, community groups and colleges, including MU. In 1984, Diuguid was a fellow in the editing program run by the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education at the University of Arizona-Tucson and has been on the program’s faculty since 1991. Diuguid has funded scholarships to help students of color get through college to become working journalists. He has served on the faculty of the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists Urban Student Journalism Academy since it began in 1982. A member of the Mizzou Alumni Association and former member of the association’s Alumni Board of Directors and the Communications Committee, Diuguid has two children: Adrianne, BJ ’05, and Leslie.