Gerald Boyd.(--1981--)(Obituary)

Gerald Boyd died on November 23 after complications from lung cancer; he died at his home in Manhattan at the age of 56.

Gerald Boyd "... always had a drive to run a newspaper. That was his love," said colleague Tom Morgan (NF '90), in The New York Times obituary by Felicity Barringer. "He really did have a drive. Most people spend their college years trying to figure out what to do. Gerald always knew. There was no doubt."

Boyd first connected with journalism as a child, through an aunt who read newspapers. In high school, despite working many hours at ...

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