MCCUTCHEON CHIEF OF EDITORIAL PAGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000100230015-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2005
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: June 1, 1971
• Content Type: NSPR

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IIarI or: The Story of the ?upset
,John 111"cCutcheon, a member
of Tins Tiunu~,nc editorial staff
since 19.0 and all editorial
writer since 195'1, has been ap-
pointed editorial page editor,
effective today.
He succeeds George Morgen-
stern, who is retiring after 30
years as an editorial writer.
Since 1903 Morgenstern has
been the head of THE 't'LIISUNF,
board of editorial v'riters. He
`,vill continue to contribute some
editorials and signed columns
of Comment.
M'IcCutchcon, 53, is a native
Chicagoan. His father was the
late John T. McCutcheon, the
distinguished cartoonist v;hose
work appeared in Tins Tnlr-
UNF. for malty years.
Joined '1'i ibliiie iil 1010
The new e.ditcrial page editor
was graduated from llarvard
in 1939. in his senior year ho
was editor of the Harvard Crilih-
lson:
He started his professional
career as a reporter for the
Chicago City News Bur eau in
July, 1139, and joined '1'iir
TI,riuNE editorial staff in
April, .10440. As an officer in the
Naval Deserve, the participated
in several major operations 711
the Western Pacific during
World War IT.
Returning to Tnis Tiu:,uNN,,
he served as a reporter until he
was appointed conductor of a
( 'Tr',Imu ii column, "A Line 9'
Type or Two," in 1.951. He be-
came 'all editorial vTriter in
September, 1.95'1.
Ile is president of the Lake
Forest Library Board, a director
and past president of the Geo-
graphic Society of Chicago, and
vice president of the Chicago
Zoological Society.
Graduate of U. of C.
A'tcCutclieon and his wife, the
former Suzanne M. Dart., live
in Lake Forest and have two
daughters and a son.
Morgenstern, also a native
Glhicagoan, was graciuatecl from
the University of Chicago in
1930 with lath honors. conl-
George M r gellsterii
pletng' his studies there on a
part-time basis after starting
work as a rewrite man for the
old Chicago Herald-Examiner
in February, 1929.
At the Herald-Examiner he
served also as assignment re-
porter, collunnist, Sunday editor
and assistant to the editor be-
f o r e joining '1'r-r^ TIIIBUNE.
news staff as a rewrite man in
1939. He became an editorial
writer in 1941.
Was Marine Captain
During World War If lie
served a s a Captain in the
Marine Corps, assigned to news
operations and directing coal-
War." It attracted vride atten-
tion. He won TIL; '1'mouNL'''S
Edward Scott Beck mvard in
1950 for a series (If articles on.
the 15th anniversary of Pearl
harbor' and ill 1906 won a sec
and Beck a'val'cl for his hall-
(Iling of a special' section of
Tins T1,L?.ui-m on the 25111 annl-.
vel' ary of Pearl Harbor.
Morgenstern was married to -
the late Marcia Will)), a Ti-na-
vNi3 Writer, and they had two
(laugltcr's. I IS holhle is in Lake
Forest. _
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