Evening star., 1944-10-17
John Stewart Bryan, Richmond
Publisher, Dies of Pneumonia
William and Mary
Chancellor Was Near
His 73d Birthday
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 17.-John
Stewart Bryan, publisher Of the
Richmond News Leader and the
imes-Dispatch and chancellor and
former president of the College OF
William and Mary, died here last
night at the Medical College Of Vir-
ginia Hospital
Mr.. Bryan, who also was one OF
the principal owners of the Chi
cago Daily Times and the Tampa
(Fla) Tribune. had been i'll only a
few days. Death was attributed TO
pneumonia. He was born at Brook
Hill, Henrico County. and would
have been 73 next Monday.
Funeral services will be held in
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church at
Brook Hill at IL Am. tomorrow. He
will be buried In the churchyard
there.
| He is survived by Mrs. Bryan. the
| former Anne Eliza Tenant; d
daughter. Mrs. r. Keith Kane,
Washington, and two sons, 1t
Comdr. D. Tenant Bryan and
Stewart Bryan. jr., major in the
Army Air Forces. He is also sur
vived by a brother, J. ST. George
Bryan, of Richmond.
Was College President.
! Mr.. Bryan's civic and philan-
thropic interests were numerous, but
next to the newspaper business,
education assumed large claim on
his energies He served as president
of William and Mary from 1884 to
1912 He held membership on the
Harvard University Board OF Over
seers from 1887 to 1943 and was
rector of the University. of Virginia
Board of Visitors from 1920 to 1922.
He went to Episcopal High School,
Alexandria. and received his M. A..
degree from the University of Vir-
ginia in 1898 and his LII. B. from
Harvard in 1897.
| Active in the advancement Of
newspaper publishing for nearly a
half a century, Mr.. Bryan was a
charter member of the Associated
Press in its reorganization of 1900
Educated in law. Mr.. Bryan left
that profession to become associated
with his father, the late Joseph
Bryan. in the newspaper field and
became publisher of the Times-Dis-
patch in 1908. He also acquired the
News Leader and after selling the
Times-Dispatch in 1914, Mr.. Bryan
devoted himself to the development
of the News Leader, an afternoon
daily. A new affiliation of the
Times-Dispatch and News Leader
was announced in 1910 and Mr..
Bryan became president, publisher
and treasurer of the two papers.
He was associated with the late S.
Emory Thomason in publication of
the Chicago Times and the Tampa
Tribune.
He was president of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
from 1926-28.
Expressions of regret over Mr
Bryan's unexpected death came from
many persons, including a number
of educators with whom Mr.. Bryan
has been associated, and from news
paper colleagues
Secretary of State Hull today sent
to Mrs. Bryan telegram expressing
deep sorrow over the death of her
husband and characterized Mr.
Bryan as "a man of the finest char
acter and integrity and possessing
unusual gifts of intellect and the
ability to inspire and lead others In
worthy causes"
Praised BY Kent Cooper.
In New York, Kent Cooper, ex-
ecutive director and general man.
fager of the Associated Press, said
Il am shocked and grieved by the
death of John Stewart Bryan, one
Of Americas great men, and a great
publisher, splendid public leader,
eminent educator, and a grand per-
son. His death is a severe personal
loss to me, as it Is to innumerable
people from far and' near. He will
be mourned by good newspapermen
everywhere. -" ="
DR.. John E. Pomfret, who sue
ceeded DR.. Bryan as president Of
William and Mary, said: "Dr. Bryan
was one Of the colleges greatest
presidents and is mourned by the
students, facults and townspeo-
pie. 49,
Editors and executives on a num-
ber of newspapers throughout Vir-
ginia and the South received their
early training under Mr.. Bryan on
the News Leader and they. too, paid
tribute to him as leader in the
newspaper business and in many
other fields of activitys
Mr.. Bryan was named Virginia s
first citizen by the Virginia State
Chamber Of Commerce in 1943. He
headed the Richmond Community
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