Background

Seigenthaler, John Lawrence was born on July 27, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of John and Mary (Brew) Seigenthaler.

Education

Student, Peabody College Nieman fellow, Harvard.

Career

Staff correspondent, Nashville Tennessean, 1949-1960; editor, Nashville Tennessean, 1962-1972; public, Nashville Tennessean, 1973-1982; president, Nashville Tennessean, since 1979; chairman, Nashville Tennessean, 1982-1992; editorial director, United States of America Today, 1982-1992. Chairman freedom forum First Amendment Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1992. Administrative assistant to attorney general United States, 1961.

Director Tennessean Newspapers, Inc., German-Marshall Fund, since 1978.

Achievements

• John Lawrence Seigenthaler has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States Advisory Commission Information, 1962—1964, President's Judicial Nominating Commission, 1978—1979, National Commission Electoral Reform, 2001—2002. Member of American Society Newspaper Editors (director, president), Sigma Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Dolores Watson, January 3, 1955. 1 child John Junior.

Father:

John Seigenthaler

Mother:

Mary (Brew) Seigenthaler

Spouse:

Dolores Watson

child:

John Junior Seigenthaler