Monday, October 22, 2001
Alumnus to present Emmy award to USI
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An Emmy Award-winning USI alumnus will present a special gift to the University of Southern Indiana Wednesday, October 24. Dan Brumett, president/CEO of MDH Productions, will present one of his Emmy Awards to USI at 1 p.m. in Kleymeyer Auditorium in the Liberal Arts Center. The event is open to the public. Brumett began his broadcasting career at the age of 16 at radio station WITZ in Jasper, Indiana. While attending USI, he worked for various television and radio stations until 1972, when he relocated to California to begin his career with the networks. He has worked as an associate director and videotape editor with ABC and CBS in Hollywood. For 23 years, Brumett was editor and associate director of CBS’ highest-rated daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. His contributions to television have earned 12 National Emmy Awards, eight for editing and four in the directing category. In 1998, Brumett co-founded MDH Productions Inc. He serves as president and CEO of the corporation that is dedicated to producing HDTV presentations for not-for-profit organizations as well as creating and producing original broadcast and HD-DVD programming. Utilizing a dramatic approach in documentary productions, Brumett has produced videos for such not-for-profits as World Vision International and the Regional Organ Procurement Association. He recently completed and released his first HDTV documentary for Operation Rainbow, an organization of Orthopedic Surgeons that performs surgeries on the underprivileged in Central America. The video is offered free of charge to any broadcaster wishing to air HDTV programming. Since its debut, money raised by the video has funded repeated medical team trips. An open house for USI’s Scripps Howard Video Production Complex, including tours, will follow Brumett’s presentation. |
