Joseph A. Loftus

Joseph A. Loftus (1907 – January 3, 1990)[1] was a 20th-century American reporter for The New York Times who covered unions, like the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, extensively and later worked as a communications assistant to George P. Shultz at the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of the Treasury.[2]

Background

Joseph A. Loftus was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and had three sisters. In 1928, he graduated from the University of Scranton with a bachelor's degree. While a student, he worked the Scranton Tribune and the International News Service. In 1931, he obtained a degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2]

Career

Journalism

In 1936, Loftus moved to Washington, DC to work for the Associated Press as a journalist.[2] Tackling politics, economics and labor for the Washington Bureau, he began working at The New York Times in 1944.[2] His coverage included the downfall of Ware Group member of Progressive Party Lee Pressman in February 1948.[3] He covered union news extensively, like the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In 1954, he appeared as a talk show panelist on Longines Chronoscope.[4] In 1969, he resigned from the paper.[2]

Government

In 1969, Loftus became a communications specialist to Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz as part of the presidential administration of the newly elected Richard Nixon.[2] Loftus moved with Shultz to the Treasury Department.[2]

Awards

He was awarded the first Louis Stark scholarship as a Nieman Fellow to Harvard University in 1960.[2]

Personal life and death

Loftus married Mary and had two daughters.[2] He moved to Sarasota, Florida, in 1983.[2]

On January 3, 1990, at age 82, he died at home after a series of strokes.[2]

References
  1. "Joseph A. Loftus". VIAF. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. "Joseph Loftus, 82; Was Times Reporter And a Cabinet Aide". New York Times. 4 January 1990. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. Loftus, Joseph A. (7 February 1948). "Pressman Quits $19,000 CIO Job To Back Wallace in Third Party; Retirement of Counsel for Parent Union and Murray's United Steelworkers Has Long Been Aim of Anti-Communists". New York Times. p. 28. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. "Joseph A. Loftus". IMDB.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.


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