Steve Stahl:
CLASS OF 1974

St. Scholastica SchoolClass of 1974
Woodridge, IL
Southern Illinois UniversityClass of 1984
Carbondale, IL
College of DuPageClass of 1982
Glen ellyn, IL
Downers Grove South High SchoolClass of 1980
Downers grove, IL
Thomas Jefferson Junior High SchoolClass of 1976
Woodridge, IL
Steve's Story
Life
Recently my nephew graduated High School, that had me do the inevitable...calculate the years since I did the same. After a little math...i came to the conclusion...High School was a long ass time ago!
After graduating from College of Dupage and SIU, I joined CNN in it's early years and did a variety of jobs, running camera, Audio, Master Control, Technical Director, some minor Directing for the network. However, the bulk of my CNN tenure has been as a manager of technical staff at the network. I spent 20 yrs at the network HQ in Atlanta. Then, in spring 2005, I became Director of Technical Operations in CNN's Washington DC Bureau.
My career has me still drawing on experiences from working for those various high school and college radio stations and newspapers. Counting my high school years, I've been at this now over 30 yrs!!! Hummm, maybe it's time to try something new? I have many great memories of friends growing up and getting thru school. Wonder if any of you have also found themselves in the Washington DC area. I would love to hear from friends from my past and hear your life's experiences.
I do have some regret that I have lost track of so many childhood & High School friends. I kept up with a few people as I often visited Woodridge, till my parents left in 2003, following their children and grandkids south.
I have been lucky to be in the right place at the right time many times in my life. I also feel b...Expand for more
lessed to have a lot of supportive friends and family that have helped me along the way.
It has been fun to travel the world, going around the globe to cover events for CNN. Being where history is being written is very cool. Wherever I have gone, I always carried a bit of Iowa and Illinois with me. Even though I spent 20 years in Atlanta, and now reside in Washington, I still take pride in considering myself a "Midwesterner" and a "Chicagoan".
Due to my summers growing up in small-town Iowa, I am as comfortable on a farm as I am in Manhattan, Wrigely Field, or walking the streets of Hong Kong or Moscow. I think I am ready to settle down for a while now, as I hit the dreaded "Middle-Age." I like letting my staff head off to covered the events, and work the 16 hour days associated with those trips.
I have begun to think of where I will wind up in my latter years, and the midwest may just call me home. I've yet to decide if that will be in a city or some quiet spot in the country.
Anyway, I hope time, family, and career has been as kind to each of you. Drop me a note if you like. I'd love to make contact with more of my friends from my past.
Steve(dot)Stahl(at)Mac(dot)Com
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School
Elementary school at Woodridge's St. Scholastica Catholic School.
Jefferson Jr High, then on to Downers South, followed by College of DuPage for my A.A. and finsihing at SIU for a B.S. in Radio & TV
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