Richard F. Janssen

Richard Frederick Janssen, Jr., (March 7, 1933 – June 28, 2008) was an American journalist who received a Gerald Loeb Award in 1961.

Early life Janssen was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 7, 1933. He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1951, where he won second prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Women's Advertising Club of St. Louis, and received an Honorable Mention in the national Scholastic Writing Awards.

Janssen studied political science at Washington University on a partial scholarship. He was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1954, he received his B.A. in Liberal Arts. After graduation, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, entering active duty in 1955. While at the Journal, Janssen served as an economics correspondent in Washington, D.C., bureau chief in London, and news editor in New York City. They had two children.

The couple was living in Millrift, Pennsylvania when Jerry died on January 12, 1987.

When Janssen retired in 1991, he moved to Sorrento East, Florida, buying a home abutting Oscar Scherer State Park

On June 28, 2008, Janssen died from a massive stroke while recuperating from a successful surgery that repaired three abdominal aneurysms. Standing on Holy Ground: The Bible: Stories Retold, Places Revisited (2009), with John White Moore