Alan Buncher

Background

Buncher, Alan was born on February 28, 1946 in East Chester, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Howard C. and Dorothy Buncher. came to the United States, l946.

Education

Student, Long Island U., l964; Bachelor, Duquesne U., l968.

Career

Reporter, Mount Lebanon News, Pittsburgh, l965-67; reporter, Sharpsburg (Pennsylvania) Herald, l967-68; feature editor, columnist, Metro-East Journal, East St. Louis, Illinois, l968-73; assistant managing editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1973-1992; managing editor, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine., since 1992. Visiting instructor Washington University, St. Louis, l975-80.

Achievements

• Alan Buncher has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Metro-East Cooperative, Belleville, Illinois, l970-73. Political organizer Dan Walker for Governor Committee, St. Clair County, Illinois, l972. Active Leadership St. Louis, l983, Metro St. Louis Forum, l984--.

Member People to People International (board directors since 1987), Mos. Associated Press Managing Editors Association (president 1991), Press Club St. Louis (board directors 1984-1986).

Interests

• Avocation: national novice hockey league.

Connections

Married Carole S. Small, September 3, l967 (divorced March l979). Married Barbara Sue Tevis, July 28, l984. Children: Seth, N. Marc, Jeff Mueller, Mike Mueller, Jennifer Mueller, Michelle Mueller.

Father:

Howard C. Buncher

Mother:

Dorothy Buncher

Spouse:

Carole S. Small

Spouse:

Barbara Sue Tevis

child:

Jeff Mueller Buncher

child:

Seth Buncher

child:

N. Marc Buncher

child:

Jennifer Mueller Buncher

child:

Michelle Mueller Buncher

child:

Mike Mueller Buncher