Donald Joseph DeBat

Background

DeBat, Donald Joseph was born on September 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Chester Louis and Marie Dorothy (Mehok) DeBat.

Education

Associate of Arts, Wright Junior College, 1963. BJ, University Missouri, 1966. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1968.

Career

Editorial assistant Encyclopedia British, Chicago, summer 1965. Reporter, Sunday editor Columbia Missourian, 1966-1967. Finance reporter Chicago Daily News, 1968-1973, sports copy editor, 1974-1975, real estate editor, 1976-1978, Chicago Sun-Times, 1978-1988, assistant managing editor, real estate, 1988-1994.

Real estate columnist Crain News Service, since 1995. President Donald J. DeBat & Associates, Inc., 1995—2005. Chief Executive Officer DeBat Media, Inc., since 2001.

Real estate columnist DeBat Media Services, since 2006.

Membership

Member of Society Professional Journalists, Chicago Press Veterans Association, National Association Real Estate Editors (board directors, editor of best real estate section award 1978, 1983, 1984, 1992), National Trust History Preservation.

Interests

• Avocations: 16-inch slow pitch softball, handball, real estate renovation, travel, skiing. Fax: (312) 944-8877.

Connections

Married Heidi Loretta Meinhardt, September 3, 1966 (divorced August 1984). Children: Aimee Lisa, Erik Andreas. Married Sara Elizabeth Benson, August 20, 1994 (divorced October 2001).

Children: Donald Edward, Herbert Lankford.

Father:

Chester Louis DeBat

Mother:

Marie Dorothy (Mehok) DeBat

Spouse:

Sara Elizabeth Benson

Spouse:

Heidi Loretta Meinhardt

child:

Donald Edward DeBat

child:

Erik Andreas DeBat

child:

Herbert Lankford DeBat

child:

Aimee Lisa DeBat