Richard Frederick Janssen, Jr., (March 7, 1933 – June 28, 2008) was an American journalist who received a Gerald Loeb Award in 1961.
[1] He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1951, where he won second prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Women's Advertising Club of St. Louis, and received an Honorable Mention in the national Scholastic Writing Awards.
[1] In 1961, he was part of a team that received the Gerald Loeb Award for Newspapers for "New Millionaires".
[9] While at the Journal, Janssen served as an economics correspondent in Washington, D.C., bureau chief in London, and news editor in New York City.
[13] On June 28, 2008, Janssen died from a massive stroke while recuperating from a successful surgery that repaired three abdominal aneurysms.