John Robinson Block '77

John Robinson Block, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade, has been a journalist and newspaper editor since leaving Yale in 1977, serving in numerous reporting and editing jobs. He is also vice chairman of Block Communications, which has television stations and cable systems in five states. An independent, he has been involved in planning coverage and editorials in every presidential race since 1980. During his career he has lived and worked in Miami, New York, Washington, New Jersey, Monterey, Ca, London, Toledo, and Pittsburgh. Mr. Block, a bibliophile since Yale, has built several distinct book collections, lately one on Anglo-American legal history. An aviator, he holds a commercial pilot certificate. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Susan, and daughter, Caroline. He also has a home in Toledo.