Frederick Augustus Stickel (November 18, 1921 – September 27, 2015) was an American newspaper publisher. After serving in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

in the Marine Corps, Fred Stickel started working for the Newhouse newspaper chain in 1951.Fred A. Stickel, Publisher of The Oregonian, Dies at 93
September 30, 2015. ''The New York Times''. He became president of ''

The Oregonian ''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 18 ...

'' in 1972, and publisher in 1975, and remained active in his position until his retirement on September 18, 2009. Stickel died on September 27, 2015, at the age of 93.

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