Richard F. Janssen
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Richard F. Janssen | |
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| Born | March 7, 1933 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | June 28, 2008 (aged 75) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1957–1991 |
| Employers | |
| Awards | Gerald Loeb Award |
Richard Frederick Janssen, Jr., (March 7, 1933 – June 28, 2008) was an American journalist who received a Gerald Loeb Award in 1961.
Janssen was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 7, 1933.[1] He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1951, where he won second prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Women's Advertising Club of St. Louis, and received an Honorable Mention in the national Scholastic Writing Awards.[2][3][4]
Janssen studied political science at Washington University on a partial scholarship.[1][2][5] He was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.[6][7] In 1954, he received his B.A. in Liberal Arts.[8] After graduation, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, entering active duty in 1955.[6]
Career
Janssen began his journalism career in 1957 as a business writer for The Wall Street Journal in Chicago, Illinois.[1] In 1961, he was part of a team that received the Gerald Loeb Award for Newspapers for "New Millionaires".[9] While at the Journal, Janssen served as an economics correspondent in Washington, D.C., bureau chief in London, and news editor in New York City.[1]
In 1981, Janssen left the Journal for Business Week.[1] He retired from the magazine in 1991.[1]