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Collection: FND005 - SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00017
Title: Edward Doherty
Date: 1999
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Summary: Ed Doherty (1921-1992) was associated with newspapers virtually his entire life. His father, Ignatius Loyola (Nace) Doherty, established the Killdeer Herald in 1915. Ed and his brother, Howard, owned and operated the Herald from 1946-61 after they returned from serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Ed became publisher and editor of the New Rockford Transcript in 1961 and operated that newspaper until 1985. He was a long-time member and chairman of the North Dakota Newspaper Association's Legislative Committee, and served as president of the state group, then called the North Dakota Press Association, in 1958. He was also a member and president of the ND Professional Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, now the Society of Professional Journalists, and a member of the Greater North Dakota Association's Publicity Committee. In 1980 he became the fourth person to receive the American Legion's Press Award. He had a keen interest in government, local, state and national, serving as a member of his local school board, city commission and as a state senator He was active in the Republican Party, was endorsed for governor in 1968, and served as an executive assistant to U.S. Sen. Mark Andrews and as deputy director of public affairs for the US Department of Transportation. Ed was warm and personable with an unforgettable Irish charm, according to many of his contemporaries in the newspaper business. In 1999 he became the 44th member of the North Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Red ID: FND_I_77457 Image ID: 509276 Image Notes: 10950 00005 00017

Collection: FND005 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
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Summary: The Hall of Honors features the biographies of recognized leaders in North Dakota's newspaper industry. This resource is sponsored by the North Dakota Newspaper Association and the NDNA Education Foundation.

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