Cogley, John

Journalist; editor of the Chicago Catholic Worker (1938-1941); founding editor of Today, published in Chicago for Catholic students (1946-1948); editor (1949-1954) and columnist (1949-1964) for Commonweal; correspondent for Religious News Service at the Second Vatican Council (1964); and religious news editor at the New York Times (1965-1967).

Cogley also served as project director at the Fund for the Republic, later called the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1955-1964 and 1967-1974); and as an aide to John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign (1960). He converted from Roman Catholicism to the Episcopal Church in 1973.