Last Updated: January 26, 2000
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An American Editor
Birthday: April 20, 1950
Hometown: Princeton, W.Va. (and a half dozen other locales between
1950 and 1978)
Marital status: Married to Ed
Children: One son; age 21; junior, visual communications, Ohio
University
Self-portrait: Creative, independent, forceful, principled, extroverted
Newsroom motto: It’s not news until we print it.
Greatest feat: Biked 32 miles with a pack of teen-age Boy Scouts
in 1997 and could walk afterwards.
Bad habit: Only one? Got a dozen.
Pet peeve: Folks who don’t follow through.
Luxury defined: A stack of paperback fiction, a warm beach, no
phone.
My newspaper’s strength: Broad, deep ties to the community.
Most admired writer: F. Scott Fitzgerald — captured the spirit
of a generation
Favorite publication: Men’s Health — really
Favorite comic: “Zits” — You try raising a teen-age son; the
’toon is self-evident.
Best part of job: The power to do great good.
Worst part of job: The power to do great harm.
Vacation spots: Key West, Cancun, Outer Banks — can you
say sand and sun?
TV program: Watch ’em all, even the really awful ones.
Books at bedside: “The Fourth Turning,” by William Strauss and
Neil Howe.
Last words: Did we make deadline?
