John Seigenthaler

About John Seigenthaler

Birth Day: July 27, 1927
Birth Place: Tennessee
Birth Sign: Leo

John Seigenthaler Net Worth

John Seigenthaler net worth and salary: John Seigenthaler is a Journalist who has a net worth of $1.7 Million. John Seigenthaler was born in in July 27, 1927. Best remembered as a journalist, editor, and publisher with Nashville's The Tennessean newspaper, this one-time president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors also worked during the early 1960s as an assistant to politician Robert F. Kennedy.
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💰John Seigenthaler Net worth: $1.7 Million

About

Best remembered as a journalist, editor, and publisher with Nashville's The Tennessean newspaper, this one-time president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors also worked during the early 1960s as an assistant to politician Robert F. Kennedy.

Before Fame

Following his graduation from Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee, he became a sergeant in the United States Air Force. After beginning his journalistic career, he took classes at Peabody College and Harvard and Columbia universities.

Trivia

In the mid 1970s, he encouraged future United States Vice President Al Gore, a family friend and fellow journalist, to pursue a political career.

Family Life

His marriage to Dolores Watson lasted from 1955 until his death in 2014 and resulted in a son, John Michael Seigenthaler, who had a career as a news anchor.

Associated With

He and future Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam worked at The Tennessean during the same time period.