John Bookser Feister

Background

Feister, John Bookser was born on September 25, 1957 in Akron. Son of John Fanning and Alice Romayne Feister.

Education

Bachelor in American Studies, U. Dayton, 1979; Master of Arts in Humanities, Xavier U., 1983.

Career

Carpenter, Frontier Housing, Inc., Morehead, Kentucky, 1979-1980; supervisor, trainer, Lansdowne Mental Health Center, Ashland, Kentucky, 1980-1982; communications director, Southerners for Economics Justice, Durham, North Carolina, 1983-1989; editor, journalist, St. Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, since 1989.

Achievements

• John Bookser Feister has been listed as a noteworthy Editor, journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Covington (Kentucky) Comty. Center, Commision on Religion in Appalachia, Knoxville, Tennessee, Catholic Committee Appalachia, Whitesburg, Kentucky. Member parish county St. Bernard Church, Dayton, 1992-1995.

Member Catholic Press Association (1st place, 3d place best article in general interestmag. 1995, 3d place best editorial 1990), Society Professional Journalists, Cincinnati Editors Association (1st place writing award 1994, 95).

Connections

Married Catherine Rose Bookser, June 7, 1980. Children: Jesse, Scott, John.

Father:

John Fanning Feister

Mother:

Alice Romayne Feister

Spouse:

Catherine Rose Bookser

child:

Scott Feister

child:

John Feister

child:

Jesse Feister