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Caption: Dedication - Editor's Hall of Fame
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J O S E P H MEHARRY MEDILL Joseph Meharry Medill was born at New Brunswick, Canada, April 6, 1823, and died at San Antonio, Texas, March 16, 1899. He was elected to the Hall October 12, 1928—Election 2, He was educated in public school and at Massilon (Ohio) Academy. He took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar and began to practice. Journalism drew him away from the bar and he gave up his legal work to begin the study of journalism in a country newspaper plant. From 1849 to 1854 he was engaged in newspaper work in Ohio. He then went to Chicago and became managing editor of The Chicago Tribune. From that time until his death he was active in the management and direction of Tribune policy, first as managing editor, then as editor, and finally as publisher. His control of the Tribune dated from 1874. Medill served the city of Chicago as mayor immediately after the Chicago fire. He was one of the founders of the Republican party and did much to "bring forth Lincoln from comparative obscurity and elect him president of the United States." [P<t0C SS
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