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Article: Raymond Coffey new Sun-Times managing editor
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 29, 1987
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Raymond Coffey has been named managing editor of the Chicago
Sun-Times, executive editor Kenneth D. Towers announced Monday.
Coffey, 57, has worked most recently as associate editor,
columnist and editorial board member of the Chicago Tribune. His
appointment is effective next Monday.
It was as a member of the Chicago Daily News staff from 1961-78
that Coffey really distinguished himself, winning two National
Headliners Club awards for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the
civil war in Biafra. He also was honored for his foreign reporting
with an Overseas Press Club Award in 1973.
"Ray will be a tremendous asset to the Sun-Times," Towers said.
"He's been an outstanding figure in ...