G. Duncan Bauman

Deceased Person

1912 – 2003

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Who was G. Duncan Bauman?

George Duncan Bauman was the publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from 1967 until 1984.

He was born in Humboldt, Iowa, in 1912, the son of Peter William Bauman, Sr. and Mae Marguerite Bauman, daughter of Alexander Hood Duncan, who owned a furniture store and mortuary in Humboldt. He had two siblings: a sister, Virginia Mae and Peter William, Jr.. George Bauman graduated from Loyola Academy in Chicago, class of 1930, and attended and graduated from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois from 1930 to 1935.

After graduation, Bauman began his work in journalism as a reporter for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. There, he was involved in the surrender of Robert George Irwin, wanted for the Easter weekend murder of girlfriend Veronica Gedeon, her mother, and a boarder. The Herald-Examiner had paid Irwin $5,000 for the exclusive rights to Irwin’s confession and surrender to authorities.

Bauman temporarily left journalism in 1939, moving to St. Louis to work as an architectural representative for paint manufacturer Pratt & Lambert Inc. In 1943, however, he returned, joining the St. Louis Globe-Democrat as a reporter. He became the assistant city editor. Bauman was promoted to the newspaper’s personnel manager in 1951. In 1959, after the newspaper had been purchased by the Newhouse family in 1955 and had entered into a joint operating agreement with its principal competitor, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he became the Globe-Democrat's business manager. In 1967, he was named to succeed Richard Amberg as its publisher.

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Born
Apr 12, 1912
Died
Apr 14, 2003

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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