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John A. Dillon

Journalist

Centurion, 1892–1902

Full Name John Alvarez Dillon

Born 29 October 1843 in Saint Louis, Missouri

Died 15 October 1902 in Chatwold, Maine

Buried Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, Missouri

Proposed by Peter B. Olney and Arthur G. Sedgwick

Elected 6 February 1892 at age forty-eight

Century Memorial

John A. Dillon, at the time of his death the chief editorial writer of The Evening World, of this city, was a journalist of extended experience. He was the founder of The St. Louis Post and, successively, the business manager of The Post-Dispatch of that city, of The World of New York, and the Chicago Tribune. He was a graduate of Harvard, a man of unusual culture, and a writer of recognized ability.

Edward Cary
1903 Century Association Yearbook