Frank Brookhouser

Brookhouser began his career in journalism as an editor (1932–1935) for his hometown paper, the Ford City News.

He moved his column, "A Man about Town", back to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in 1953 for the remainder of his journalism career.

[1] While writing "A Man about Town", Brookhouser had previously attracted national attention by omitting the letter "u" (and being promptly corrected) in reporting Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff's 1952 voter registration under the 35-letter surname.

He was born to Walter L. and Miriam Fischer Brookhouser in Ford City, Pennsylvania.

He graduated from Ford City High School and Temple University in Philadelphia where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.