Background
Lear, John was born on August 10, 1909 in near Allen, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles D. and Esther M. (Sourbeer) Lear.
Lear, John was born on August 10, 1909 in near Allen, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles D. and Esther M. (Sourbeer) Lear.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Dickinson College, 1968.
Editor, Daily Local News, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1927-1928;
reporter, Patriot, Harrisburg, 1928-1934;
editor, West Shore Call, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 1930-1933;
writer-editor, A.P., Philadelphia
writer-editor, A.P., Chicago
writer-editor, A.P., New York City
writer-editor, A.P., Washington
writer-editor, A.P., Buenos Aires
roving assignments, A.P., Eastern United States, Canada, South America, 1934-1942;
coordinator information staff governor, P.R., 1942-1943;
radio news writer, Press Association, New York City, 1943;
free lance magazine correspondent, 1944-1948;
managing editor, Steelways magazine, 1948-1949;
chief articles editor, Collier's magazine, 1949-1950;
associate editor, Collier's magazine, 1950-1953;
consultant publications, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1953-1954;
director special atomics and automation studies, Research Institute American, 1954-1955;
science editor, Sat. Review, 1956-1971;
senior editor, Sat. Review, 1971-1972;
vice president, Bauer Engineering, Inc., 1972;
vice president, chief editor, Bauer, Sheaffer & Lear, Inc., Chicago, 1972-1975;
chief editor, Keifer & Associates, Inc., 1975-1976;
American correspondent, New Scientist, London, 1956-1962;
editorial consultant, Russell Sage Foundation, 1967-1968;
editorial consultant, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1972-1973;
columnist, King Features Syndicate, 1973;
editorial consultant, Rockefeller Foundation, 1978-1982.
Consultant Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1975. Publications consultant Academy Forum, National Academy Sciences, 1976.
Married Dorothy Leeds, September 26, 1931 (deceased May 1965). Married Marie Nesta, August 28, 1966.
