Jack Arnold Mabley (October 26, 1915 – January 6, 2006) was an American newspaper reporter and columnist.
Early life and career
Mabley was born on October 26, 1915, in
Binghamton, New York, to Clarence Ware Mabley (born Clarence Ware Mable) and Mabelle née Howe, a concert pianist.
After studying journalism at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univers ...
, where he was the editor of the Daily Illini his senior year, and graduating in 1938, Mabley worked for the
City News Bureau, the
Associated Press
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, and then as a reporter for the
Chicago Daily News
The ''Chicago Daily News'' was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.
History
The ''Daily News'' was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy, and William Doughert ...
'' before serving four years as a U.S. Navy lieutenant during the war. He returned to the Daily News in 1948 as a columnist. He joined the ''
Chicago American
The ''Chicago American'' was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago, under various names until its dissolution in 1974.
History
The paper's first edition came out on July 4, 1900, as '' Hearst's Chicago American''. It became the ''Morning ...
'' in 1961, and remained there as a columnist and associate editor until, now a tabloid known as ''
Chicago Today'', it folded in 1974.
Mabley then took up a long-standing post as the well-respected columnist of the ''
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
'', writing some 8,000 columns on a wide range of issues. In his later years he became columnist of the suburban ''
Daily Herald'' from which he finally retired in 2004, at around 88 years.
In addition to his journalistic career, Mabley operated a corporate communications business from Chicago, hosting a nightly radio show. He also served as president of the Chicago suburb of
Glenview for a number of years.
Later career
The
Jack Mabley Developmental Center, in
Dixon, is a state run residential home for the mentally disabled that was named after him in honour of his generous support and fundraising activities. Mabley had created the Forgotten Children's Fund, which raised money for the center. His autobiography entitled "Halas, Hef, the Beatles and Me" was published in 1967.
Death
Mabley died in Chicago on January 6, 2006. He had married Frances Habeck on August 29, 1940, and had four children.
References
*''Halas, Hef, the Beatles, and me'' Jack Mabley
External links
ObituaryMabley Developmental Center – GRFJack Mabley Papers
a
Newberry Library
American male journalists
Chicago Tribune people
1915 births
2006 deaths
People from Binghamton, New York
Military personnel from New York (state)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Media alumni
Journalists from Illinois
Journalists from New York (state)
20th-century American journalists
United States Navy personnel of World War II
United States Navy officers
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