Background
Blaha, Joseph Wade was born on September 17, 1938 in Omaha. Son of Joseph Mathew Blaha and Margaret Dora (Taney) Butler.
Blaha, Joseph Wade was born on September 17, 1938 in Omaha. Son of Joseph Mathew Blaha and Margaret Dora (Taney) Butler.
Bachelor, St. Mary's College, 1961; postgraduate, San Francisco State College, 1963.
Advertising salesman, San Francisco Examiner, 1963-1965; advertising director, Polk County Itemizer-Observer, Dallas, Oregon, 1965-1968; general manager, Ukiah (California) Daily Journal, 1969-1970; publisher, Polk County Itemizer-Observer, Dallas, 1971-1978; public, Lake Oswego (Oregon) Review, 1978-1984; vice president, Times Newspapers Inc., Tigard, Oregon, 1985-1987; vice president, chief operating officer, Community Newspapers Inc., Beaverton, Oregon, 1988; president, chief Executive officer, Robinson Public Corporation, Seattle, 1989-1992; managing partner, Chief Executive Officer, Schmidt/Westerdahl Group, Ltd., Portland, Oregon, since 1992. President, board directors American Community Public Inc.
Member National Newspapers American, Suburban Newspapers American, Oregon Newspaper Publications Association (president 1987-1988), Washington Newpapers Publications Association.
Married Karen B. Carlson, September 17, 1982. Children: Mark, Roberta, Steven, Jennifer, Craig, Margaret.