Background
Stauffer, John H. was born on April 8, 1928 in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Oscar Stanley and Ethel Lucille (Stone) Stauffer.
Newspaper and broadcast executive
Stauffer, John H. was born on April 8, 1928 in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Oscar Stanley and Ethel Lucille (Stone) Stauffer.
Bachelor of Science Journalism, University Kansas, 1949.
Reporter, Topeka State Journal, 1949-1954;
editor, The Kansan, Newton, 1954-1957;
public, The Kansan, Kansas City, 1957-1972;
public, Topeka-Capital Journal, 1972-1986;
senior vice president, Stauffer Comm. Inc., Topeka, 1969-1986;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Stauffer Comm. Inc., Topeka, 1986-1992;
chairman, Topeka-Capital Journal, since 1991;
also board directors, Stauffer Comm.
Inc., Topeka
director Mercantile Bank of Topeka.
President Kansas City Kansas United Way, 1968-1969. Chairman of the board of trustees Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, 1984-1986. Member session 1st Presbyterian Church, Topeka, 1986-1989.
Lieutenant United States Army, 1950-1952. Member Kansas Press Association (president 1985-1986), Inland Press Association (director) 1980-1988), Topeka Country Club (director 1978-1983), Topeka Chamber of Commerce (president 1979), Kansas City Chamber of Commerce (president 1970-1971), Top of the Tower, Phi Delta Theta.
Married Ruth Granger, June 3, 1950. Children: John H. Junior, William H., Mary S. Brownback.