| Al Neuharth AKA Allen Harold Neuharth Born: 22-Mar-1924
Birthplace: Eureka, SD
Died: 19-Apr-2013
Location of death: Cocoa Beach, FL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist, Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of USA Today Military service: US Army (combat infantryman, WWII) Father: (d. 1926)
Wife: (div., two children)
Son: Daniel J. Neuharth II (b. 1954)
Daughter: Ann Neuharth (b. 1956)
Wife: Lori Wilson (Florida state senator; m. 31-Dec-1973, div.)
Wife: Rachel Fornes (chiropractor, six children)
High School: Alpena High School, Alpena, SD
University: BA Journalism, University of South Dakota (1950)
USA Today Founder
Gannett CEO (1973-86)
Gannett COO (1970-73)
Gannett President (1970-73?)
Gannett EVP (1966-70)
Member of the Board of Gannett (1964-89, as Chairman after 1979)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle General Manager (1963-70?)
The Detroit Free Press Assistant Executive Editor (1960-63)
The Miami Herald Reporter, eventually Assistant Managing Editor (1954-60)
Associated Press Reporter (1950-52)
Challenger Center for Space Science Education Council of Advisors
Freedom Forum Chairman (1986-97)
Freedom Forum Trustee (1965-99)
American Press Institute Advisory board
World Press Freedom Committee Advisory Committee
Sigma Delta Chi Honor Society
Bronze Star
Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
Author of books:
Buscapade: Plain Talk Across the USA (1987, interviews)
Truly One Nation: The Spirit We Share Across the USA (1988)
Window on the World: Faces, Places and Plain Talk from 32 Countries (1988, interviews)
Profiles of Power: How the Governors Run Our 50 States (1988)
World Power Up Close: Candid Conversations With 31 Key Leaders (1989, interviews)
Confessions of an S.O.B. (1989, memoir)
Nearly One World: Finding the Spirit That People Share Around the Globe (1989)
Free Spirit (2000)
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