Color Outside the Lines: Stephen Salyer ’72 Shares Lessons From Career That Reshaped Public Media

Stephen L. Salyer ’72 embraced serendipity in a career that included positions of influence in media, government and international affairs. (Picture: Salzburg Global Seminar)
When Stephen Salyer ’72 graduated from Davidson College, he carried with him the advice C. Shaw Smith ’39 gave him: “Color outside the lines.”
Since then, Salyer has made his mark in a career that spanned disciplines, taking him from the White House to Salzburg, Austria.