Background
Weitzel, Peter Andre was born on July 5, 1936 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Anthony Edmund Weitzel and Dorothy (Leininger) Simons.
Weitzel, Peter Andre was born on July 5, 1936 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Anthony Edmund Weitzel and Dorothy (Leininger) Simons.
AB Political Science, University of Illinois, 1958.
Reporter, Miami Herald, 1958-1965; assistant city editor, Miami Herald, 1965-1969; government editor, Miami Herald, 1969-1971; state editor, Miami Herald, 1971-1978; assistant managing editor, Miami Herald, 1978-1983; managing editor, Miami Herald, 1983-1993; senior managing editor, Miami Herald, 1993-1995; retired, 1995. President Florida Society Newspaper Editors, 1979-1980.
President Florida First Amendment Foundation, Tallahassee, since 1985. Chairman National Freedom Information Coalition, Dallas, since 1993. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, Florida Society Newspaper Editors (Freedom information committee since 1981), Florida First Amendment Foundation, National Freedom Information Coalition.
Married Sara Mitchell, June 28, 1958 (divorced 1978). Married Linda Goodridge Steckley, January 10, 1981. Children: Tony, Philip, Mark, Matthew, Adam.