Jack Howey was 93 when he died July 31, 2019. Howey was a Sagamore of the Wabash and member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Along with the Hoosier State Press Association, he helped draft Indiana’s Open Door Law, which aimed to keep the meetings of city councils, school boards and other organizations open to the public and the press.

Howey was managing editor and publisher of the Peru Daily Tribune. For a time, he served as state president of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association and remained a member for many years.

He was also a veteran, having served in the Air Force. He was discharged as a sergeant in 1947.

At IU, Howey was the first Ernie Pyle Scholar and the first president of the IU Journalism Alumni. He was also a member of the first Little 500 race committee.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Cunningham, a fellow staff member at the Indiana Daily Student, and their children.