Alan K. Cubbage
Alan K. Cubbage (MSJ78, MSA87) was inducted into Medill’s Hall of Achievement in 2025.
Cubbage is a writer and editor. He served for 21 years as Northwestern University’s vice president for University Relations before his retirement in 2019. In that capacity, Cubbage oversaw Northwestern’s key communications efforts, including print publications, the University website, the alumni magazine, media relations and internal communications. Cubbage directed all of Northwestern’s crisis communications, providing counsel to the president and other leaders and also serving as the University’s spokesperson.
Cubbage taught strategic communications in the Integrated Marketing Communications undergraduate certificate program at Medill. He is the author of “Transforming a University: Northwestern in the New Millennium.” He started his career as a reporter and editor on weekly newspapers in rural Iowa and then worked for the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago, covering a variety of beats.
In addition to his Medill degrees, he earned a J.D. from Drake University Law School and is a member of the Illinois Bar.