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Michael Gartner |
Date of Birth: |
10/25/1938 |
Place of Birth: |
Des Moines, IA |
Education: |
Carleton College (Northfield, MN) - BA, 1960 |
| Employment: |
Wall Street Journal - Copy Editor; Rewriter; Page One Editor, 1960-1974 |
| Des Moines Register and Tribune - Executive Editor; Editor; President; CEO; Editorial Chairman, 1974-1985 | |
| Gannett Co. and USA Today - General News Executive, 1985-1986 | |
| Louisville Courier-Journal and Times - Editor, 1986-1987 | |
| NBC News - President, 1988-1993 | |
| New West Newspapers (formerly Midwest Newspapers) - Chairman; co-owner, 1985-present | |
| The Daily Tribune (Ames, IA) - Chairman; editor, 1993-1999 | |
| Other: | Served as President of the American Society of Newspaper Editors |
| Trustee of the Newseum, Washington, DC | |
| Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, 1997 | |
| Chairman of the Vision Iowa Board, 2000-05 | |
| Chairman and Co-Owner of the Iowa Cubs, 1999- | |
| President of the Iowa Board of Regents, 2005 | |