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THE ROSTER · TIES GRADED PER NAME · AS OF NOVEMBER 2026
Sydney Pollack (1934–2008) — first rank. Tie: RAISED. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, 1 July 1934; the family relocated to South Bend, where he was raised and formed; producer, director and actor; founder of Mirage Enterprises (art-64-2). The county's one producer of the first rank, claimed at raised-strength and no stronger. Vivica A. Fox (born 1964) — second rank. Tie: BORN. Born in South Bend, 30 July 1964; actress-producer; co-producer of Missing (2004–2006) and producer-star of more than 25 of Lifetime's The Wrong… films (art-64-3). Her formation is Indianapolis and California (Arlington High School, Indianapolis; Golden West College) — the tie is birth, graded as birth. Dave Williams (1940–1977) — the local rank, which this section honours above import size. Tie: BORN AND FORMED. Born in South Bend, June 1940; WNDU production assistant from 1960, promotion manager 1964; creator-producer of Beyond Our Control (art-64-4). The institutional producers — the University of Notre Dame (WNDU, 1955–2005; Golden Dome Productions; Fighting Irish Media), Schurz Communications / the South Bend Tribune's broadcast house (WSBT radio and television), and WNIT public television — are carried at items 5 and 6, as institutions, not persons. Tested and not seated: Nicholas Sparks (author-producer, Nicholas Sparks Productions) — no South Bend, Mishawaka or Osceola tie verified in the sources reached; his producing record belongs to his own company's geography, not this county's. Hannah Storm (broadcaster; Brainstormin' Productions) — no tie to this county verified in the sources reached; her company is named in the checklist pattern and is printed here as unseated, not claimed. Osceola's own roll: empty. No producer of any rank born, raised, formed or seated in Osceola, Indiana, was found in the AFI Catalog, trade directories or the Notable People fame-test record of this build. The mogul test, answered plainly as the row requires: Osceola has no mogul and no producer; the county has one producer of the first rank, and he is South Bend's by upbringing, Lafayette's by birth.
Sources: Sydney Pollack biographical record — born Lafayette, 1 July 1934; family relocated to South Bend; died 26 May 2008. Vivica A. Fox record — born South Bend, 30 July 1964; Arlington High School, Indianapolis; producer credits as in art-64-3. Beyond Our Control record (Notre Dame research project; the programme's own history) — Dave Williams, born South Bend, June 1940; WNDU from 1960. AFI Catalog / trade-directory and fame-test searches for an Osceola-seated producer, November 2026 — none returned; the searches are printed as the roster's negative evidence. Sparks / Storm tie searches, November 2026 — no county tie verified.