Jack Koehler
| Jack Koehler | |
|---|---|
| White House Director of Communications | |
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In office March 1, 1987 – March 13, 1987 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Pat Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Tom Griscom |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Wolfgang Koehler June 11, 1930 Dresden, Germany |
| Died | September 28, 2012 (aged 82) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Dresden Business College San Francisco State University New York University |
John O. "Jack" Koehler (June 11, 1930 – September 28, 2012) was a German-born American journalist and executive for the Associated Press, who also served as the White House Communications Director in 1987 during the Reagan administration.
Koehler was born Wolfgang Koehler in Dresden, Germany, but fled the city to escape the invasion of Soviet troops into Germany towards the end of World War II. He soon found a position as a German language interpreter for the United States Army when he was a teenager. He moved to Canada after World War II and then immigrated to the United States in 1954. Koehler enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he worked in intelligence. He legally changed his name to John Koehler after moving to the United States.
Koehler took a position with the Associated Press as a foreign correspondent in Berlin and Bonn, West Germany. He then became the Associated Press' bureau chief in Newark, New Jersey. He rose to become the assistant general manager and managing director of AP's world services, a position he held until his retirement in 1985.
The United States Information Agency recruited Koehler to lobby on behalf of Afghan rebels following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He traveled to Pakistan and France to focus on helping rebels get their messages out to journalists and foreign governments.
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