This gave him the opportunity to directly shape policy on issues he had previously championed as a journalist. The next chapter of John’s career brought him to the Delaware Public Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established to conduct research and encourage study and discussions of policies, programs and issues affecting the State of Delaware. Many recognize him as the author of a weekly column called “Close to Home” which ran for many years until his retirement from the paper in 2005. He then served as Deputy Editor for four years, before becoming the Editorial Page Editor for the next 22 years. John began as an obituary writer and reporter, and later became the News Journal’s Metropolitan Editor, overseeing all newsroom operations for several years. He left the newspaper in 1968 to serve as assistant to the superintendent of the Wilmington Public Schools until 1971, at which time he returned to The News Journal where he remained for 37 years. to marry in June of 1966 and settled in Wilmington, when John was hired as a reporter by The Wilmington News Journal. Mary’s Secondary School in Tilbury, England for one year. After graduating, John and Maria taught English and History at St. He met his wife, Maria Greeney of Leicester, MA, at the University of Toronto. in Liberal Studies from The University of Delaware in 1995. in Philosophy from The University of Toronto (St. Ann School and graduated from Salesianum School in 1961. He grew up in the Highlands neighborhood, attended St. John was born in Wilmington, DE in 1943 to John H. of Wilmington passed away peacefully at home on Apsurrounded by family, after being diagnosed with cancer several years ago.
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