Koehler, John O.

Biographical Note

• June 11, 1930: Born, Dresden, Germany
• 1950 - 1951 : Freelance newsman for McGraw Hill Publications, Overseas Weekly, and Associated Press in Germany.
• 1951 - 1952 : Sub-editor and reporter for Frankfurt bureau of Reuters.
• 1952: Reporter for The Canadian Press, Vancouver, WA.
• 1952 - 1953 : Reporter for United Press Association and British United Press, covering Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Seattle.
• 1953 - 1954 : Covered, wrote and edited local news for the Anacortes American (Washington).
• 1954 - 1957 : Served in the United States Army and United States Army Reserve, entering the Army as a corporal and holding the rank of captain when discharged. Assignments included intelligence collection, counter intelligence, criminal investigation, and public affairs.
• 1957: Concurrent with Army service, reporter and editor for United Press Association in Phoenix, AZ.
• 1957 - 1985 : AP Correspondent for 28 years, served as head of bureau in Bonn (1959-1962), chief correspondent in Berlin (1962-1965), and bureau chief for New Jersey (1965-1967). Also serves as deputy director and general manager for Personnel, and assistant general manager and managing director for the World Services Division at Associated Press headquarters in New York.
• March 1987: Assistant to the President and Director of Communications under Ronald Reagan.
• 1999: Stasi: the Untold Story of the East German Secret Police is published by Westview Press.
• July 2009: Spies in the Vatican: the Soviet Union's War Against the Catholic Church is published by Perseus Books Group.

From the guide to the John O. Koehler papers, 1934-2008, (Hoover Institution Archives)