The Mentor Hall of Fame FASHION AND MEDIA CELEBRITIES

Virtually anyone can benefit from having a mentor. And most well-known, accomplished and successful media and fashion personalities can identify people in their lives who acted as mentors. The following list of mentor pairs was compiled by Rey Carr from a variety of sources including autobiographies, biographies, newspaper articles, personal interviews, and diligent historical research. If you know of mentor pairs that ought to be added, we have provided an opportunity for you to submit the names and details: Add a Mentor Pair.

FASHION AND MEDIA CELEBRITIES

Maya Angelou (poet, writer, inspiration Bio) mentor to Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey mentor to "Dr. Phil" McGraw Jack Marks (journalist) mentor to Ken Thompson (media mogul) Mike Wallace mentor to Barbara Walters Peter Jennings mentor to Aaron Brown Isaac Asimov mentor to Gene Roddenberry James L. Brooks mentor to Paula Abdul Barbara Walters mentor to Kathie Lee Gifford Ralph Allen (journalist) mentor to Peter Gzowski (Canadian broadcaster) Tom Brokaw mentored by Frances Morrow (elementary teacher) Roone Arledge and Danny Meenan mentors to Ted Koppel. Mr. Meenan told Ted, when he was a copy boy, "Do what you're good at, and do what you love." Fred Birney (high school journalism teacher) mentor to Walter Cronkite (Bio) Walter Cronkite mentor to Dan Rather Peter Gzowski (writer, journalist, CBC host) mentor to Stuart McLean (CBC program host) Sir Edward Pickering (newspaper executive) mentor to Rupert Murdoch (newspaper mogul) Dick Schaap (sportscaster) mentor to Tony Kornheiser (Washington Post) Herbert Marcuse (radical philospher and ecologist) mentor to Lowell Bergland (journalist and TV producer) Milt Dunnel (Canadian sports journalist) mentor to Jim Proudfoot (sports journalist) John Martin (TV-producer and creator of MuchMusic) mentor to Daniel Richler (Canadian journalist) Arthur Johnson (editor, Financial Post) mentor to Scott Steele (senior features editor, Canadian Business Magazine) Jack Enefer (newsman, Broadcast News) mentor to Malcolm Morrison (Broadcast News) Wes Gallagher (former CEO Associated Press) mentor to Keith Fuller (former CEO Associated Press) Pamela Wallin (Canadian TV host) mentored by her sister Bonnie George Don Obe (university professor) mentor to Stuart McLean (CBC showman and author) Russ Froese (Canadian broadcaster) mentor to Suzette Meyers (award-winning news anchor Global-TV) Dwight Whylie (Jamaican-born, CBC broadcaster, journalist) mentor to Jean Carter (CBC Radio reporter) Christian Dior mentor to Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent mentor to Georges Chakra (couturier) Victor Skrebenski (photographer) mentor to Cindy Crawford (fashion model) Paulina Porizkouva mentor to Liv Tyler Julie Brett, Barbara Stone, Nina Blanchard mentors to Cheryl Tiegs (supermodel) Paolo Zampolli mentor to Anna Hickmann (supermodel) Max Robinson (first Black national US TV-network anchorman) described as mentor to many Joanne Rossman (designer) mentored by Lillian Gilbert (Manager, Joseph Magnin) Anna Wintour (editor in chief, Vogue) mentor to Katherine Betts (editor in chief, Harper's Bazaar) Helen Gurley Brown (author, publisher, businesswoman, editor, Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years) mentor to Bonnie Fuller (Canadian and former editor of Cosmo, Glamour, and Us magazines) Diana Vreeland (fashion editor and consultant) mentor to Carolyn Carrie Donovan (fashion editor) The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal is published by Penn State's Center for Excellence in Academic Advising Jackie Gleason (TV comic) and Arthur Godfrey (radio personality) mentors to Larry King (CNN-TV talk show host) "The Mentor Current" is the name given to that part of the Pacific Ocean that flows North, parallel to South America Ed Masry (attorney) mentor to Erin Brockovich (advocate) Andy Warhol mentor to Jed Johnson (interior designer) Naomi Judd mentor to Pamela Anderson Roland Henin (French chef) mentor to Thomas Keller (American chef, Bio)

Barbara Walters: Mentored by Mike Wallace	Maya Angelou: Her poetry, activism, and spirit mentored Oprah Winfrey and inspired many others	Kathie Lee Gifford: Mentored by Barbara Walters	Liv Tyler: Developed her career with the help of a mentor	Pamela Wallin: Top Canadian broadcaster mentored by her sister, Bonnie
Cindy Crawford: One of the most successful models has a mentor	Erin Brockovich: With her mentor she discovered a career filled with meaning	Suzette Meyers: Her mentor was in the same business