FOIFT past president Jack Loftis, former Houston Chronicle editor, dies
FOIFT2015-01-05T15:46:54-06:00Houston Chronicle By Kyrie O'Connor Originally published Dec. 30, 2014 Jack D. Loftis, who led the Houston Chronicle newsroom through space shuttle flights, the Enron scandal and the 9/11 terror attacks, has died at age 80 after a long illness. Loftis, the Chronicle's vice president and editor from 1987 to 2002, died about 10 p.m. Monday at the Gardens of Bellaire assisted living home. Loftis joined the Chronicle in 1965 as a copy editor, often working the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift. Soon he was named editor of Texas Magazine, the Chronicle's Sunday supplement. Among the stories he published was [...]