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Farewell to a friend: remembering John G. Craig Jr. Read about it.

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Thoughts and Memories of John Craig

John Craig was an inspiration and a driving force in the Pittsburgh Region.  His efforts will continue to shape the regional mind for years to come.  In John's memory, many have offered their thoughts and sentiments on a life well lived.

Please take a moment to leave your comments for John on Legacy.com.

A memorial service for John was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 5, in Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside.







The sad passing of John Craig by Grant Oliphant

Remembering John Craig: Fond recollections of the Post-Gazette's longtime editor

The Next Page: Remembering John Craig, 1933-2010; 'To the Point': Selected shorts from our late editor's long-running column by Stacy Innerst

Saturday Diary: I was told, 'That's Craig.' And so it was ... by Peter Leo

John Craig took chances, and I'm proof by Tony Norman

Former News Journal editor Craig dies at 77 by Robin Brown

The confounding John Craig by Sally Kalson

Letters to the editor (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Here, here and also here (scroll down to see letters).


JOHN GILBERT CRAIG JR.

John G. Craig Jr. was editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for 26 years, a position from which he observed the profound changes that have taken place in Southwestern Pennsylvania since the collapse of the steel industry and the evolution of a service economy. He retired from the newspaper in May 2003.

Since then, Craig has been involved in two projects:  riverfront development and the organization of a regional indicators program.

Craig and Paul O’Neill, the former secretary of the Treasury, were the first co-chairmen of the Riverlife Task Force when it was organized in 1999 and today Craig continues to serve on its executive committee.

Craig also was a founder of the Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Initiative, a broad-based community effort to encourage the use of data in the establishment of public policy.  This initiative is now the Regional Indicator and PittsburghTODAY.

Before moving to Pittsburgh in 1977, Craig worked for the News-Journal Company in Wilmington, Delaware, rising from management trainee in 1957 to editor and vice president.

Craig has held positions in and been honored by many state and national journalism organizations, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the National  Conference of Editorial Writers and the Keystone Press Association.   His volunteer work has included terms as a trustee of the Virginia Theological Seminary, president of the Church Home Foundation of Delaware, chairman and founder of the World Affairs Council of Delaware and first chairman of the Grand Opera House, Delaware's performing arts center.  He also worked in 1975-76 raising funds and helping to reorganize Handgun Control, the national lobby.

After graduating from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1954 with a B.A. in economics, Craig served two years in Germany with the U.S. Army. When he was discharged, he enrolled in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, from which he got an M.A. in 1957.

Craig and his wife, Candace Best, are the parents of five children and live in Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania.