Raymond E. Douglas
Encyclopedia
Raymond E. Douglas a graduate of Michigan State University
, was an executive for the New York Times and is credited with helping to introduce color to its news pages and to adding new sections in the 1990s.
, of which the newspaper is a part. He later became the corporate chief information officer. Douglas spent most of his career working with the computer systems that help design and publish newspapers and was deeply involved in 1997 when the paper, making the broadest changes in its format since the 1970s, introduced a wide use of color in advertisements and photographs and added new sections, including separate weekday sports and arts sections. He died on June 29, 2007 in St. Augustine, Florida
from a pulmonary embolism
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Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, was an executive for the New York Times and is credited with helping to introduce color to its news pages and to adding new sections in the 1990s.
Biography
He was the vice president for systems and technology for The New York Times CompanyThe New York Times Company
The New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City....
, of which the newspaper is a part. He later became the corporate chief information officer. Douglas spent most of his career working with the computer systems that help design and publish newspapers and was deeply involved in 1997 when the paper, making the broadest changes in its format since the 1970s, introduced a wide use of color in advertisements and photographs and added new sections, including separate weekday sports and arts sections. He died on June 29, 2007 in St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine is a city in the northeast section of Florida and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer and admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, it is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and port in the continental United...
from a pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream . Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus from the deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism...
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