Background
Neuharth, Allen Harold was born on March 22, 1924 in Eureka, South Dakota, United States. Son of Daniel J. and Christina (Neuharth) Neuharth.
Neuharth, Allen Harold was born on March 22, 1924 in Eureka, South Dakota, United States. Son of Daniel J. and Christina (Neuharth) Neuharth.
Bachelor cum laude, University South Dakota, 1950.
Reporter Rapid City Journal, South Dakota, 1948. Sports writer Mitchell Daily Republic, 1949. Staff writer Associated Press, Sioux Falls, 1950-1952.
Editor, public SoDak Sports, 1952-1954. From staff to assistant managing editor Miami Herald, Florida, 1954-1960, assistant managing editor, 1958-1960. Assistant executive editor Detroit Free Press, 1960-1963.
General manager Times-Union and Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, 1963-1966. Executive vice president Gannett Company, Inc., Washington, 1966-1970, president, chief operating officer, 1970-1973, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1973-1979, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1979-1986. Founder, chairman United States of America Today, 1982.
Chairman Gannett Company, Inc., Washington, 1986-1989, Gannett Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, 1989-1991. Founder Freedom Forum, chairman, 1986—1997, senior advisory chairman.
(The self-made businessman and self-proclaimed S.O.B. who ...)
Trustee, chairman Gannett Foundation Infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Member American Newspaper Publications Association (board directors 1968-1982, chairman, president 1979-1980), Jockey Club (Miami), Ocean Reef Club (Key Largo, Florida), Sky Club, Sigma Delta Chi (past national region I director).
Married Loretta Fay Helgeland, June 16, 1946 (divorced 1972), Married Lori Wilson, December 31, 1973 (divorced 1982), Married Rachel Fornes, March 21, 1993. Children: Daniel J. II, Jan, Alexis Rae Fornes-Neuharth.