William R. Clabby (1931 – December 9, 1997) was an American journalist and editor for The Wall Street Journal, and an executive for various Dow Jones news companies.
[6] He transferred to the State University of Iowa and, in 1952, was appointed editor in chief of the school newspaper, The Daily Iowan, for his senior year.
[9] In May 1953, he received the second place award from the Theta Sigma Phi professional journalism sorority for the best photograph published in the Iowan during the past year.
[14] Retiring student council members David Stanley and Carl Zimmerman presented charges to the board of publications on May 14 accusing Clabby of distorting facts, editorializing in news stories, and violating other objective journalism rules.
"[17] The Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal offered Clabby a job shortly before he graduated from university.
[21] Dow Jones and Bunker Ramo Corporation created DJ News-Recall in 1974, a joint venture providing a computerized retrieval service giving access to stories from the Dow Jones News Service, the Journal, and Barron's Magazine.
[6] The newly created position put him in charge of the performance of Dow Jones News Service.
[27] Clabby was named the senior vice president and executive editor of information services responsible for news operations within the Resources group.
[2] They married on August 10, 1952, while Joann was an Art major and president of her sorority at the Iowa State Teachers College.