Background
Woestendiek, William John was born on March 14, 1924 in Newark. Son of William Anton and Alice Catherine (Mundy) Woestendiek.
Woestendiek, William John was born on March 14, 1924 in Newark. Son of William Anton and Alice Catherine (Mundy) Woestendiek.
Bachelor in Journalism, University North Carolina, 1947. Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1948. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1955.
Sunday editor, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1948-1956; editorial director, Newsday, Long Island, New York, 1956-1964; managing edior, Houston Post, 1964-1969; editor Think, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Armonk, New York, 1969; editor, This Week magazine, New York City, 1969; anchorman newsroom, Station WETA-television, Washington, 1970; editor, public, Colorado Springs (Colorado) Sun, 1971-1976; executive editor, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, 1976-1981; executive editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 1981-1987; director School of Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1988.
Member Governor's Prison Committee, Phoenix, 1978-1979. Board directors Literacy Coalition Cleveland, 1985-1987. President City Club of Cleveland, 1985.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1946, 51-52, Korean. Member Association School of Journalism and Mass Education, New Directions for News (board directors Columbia, Missouri since 1986), American Society Newspapers Editors (bulletin editor 1959-1962, chair education committee 1977-1978), Sigma Chi (Significant Sigmain 1984), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Josephine Pugh, June 12, 1947 (divorced 1966). Children: Mary Kathryn, William John Junior, Theodore Joseph. Married Bonnie Jeanine Prock Stahl.
Children: Maurita Thomas, Lauri Olsen.