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Nackey Loeb
Born	Elizabeth Scripps (1924-02-24)February 24, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	January 8, 2000(2000-01-08) (aged 75) Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
Other names	Elizabeth Scripps-Gallowhur
Education	Francis Parker School (San Diego)
Alma mater	Scripps College
Occupation	Newspaper publisher
Years active	1981–1999
Known for	Publisher of the Manchester Union Leader
Spouses	George Gallowhur ​ ​(m. 1944; div. 1949)​ William Loeb III ​ ​(m. 1952; died 1981)​
Children	2
Relatives	E. W. Scripps (grandfather)

Elizabeth Scripps "Nackey" Loeb (February 24, 1924 – January 8, 2000) was an American newspaper publisher. Her paternal grandfather was the namesake of the E. W. Scripps Company. Her second husband, William Loeb III, was publisher of the Manchester Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire, for 35 years. Upon his death in 1981, Nackey Loeb became publisher and served in that role until 1999.

Biography

Elizabeth Scripps was born in Los Angeles on February 24, 1924, to Robert Paine Scripps and Margaret Lou Culbertson. Her paternal grandfather, newspaper titan E. W. Scripps, founded the E. W. Scripps Company. Her father died in 1938, shortly after her 14th birthday. She attended Francis Parker School in San Diego, then Scripps College, which had been founded by her great-aunt, Ellen Browning Scripps.

In 1944, Scripps married George Gallowhur; inventor of Skol suntan lotion. The Gallowhurs (she used Scripps-Gallowhur as her last name) had one daughter; they divorced in November 1949.

In 1952, Scripps-Gallowhur married William Loeb III, a conservative newspaper publisher who had bought the Manchester Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire, in the years after World War II. The Loebs had one daughter, Edith Tomasko, who died in 2014.

In December 1977, Nackey Loeb suffered spinal damage and was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident outside of Reno, Nevada, after the car her husband was driving skidded of the road due to ice and flipped over. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

Nackey Loeb helped her husband run the Union Leader for decades until his death in 1981. She then succeeded him as publisher, and served until that role until stepping down in 1999, shortly before her death. She died on January 8, 2000, at her home in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

Legacy

In 1999, Nackey Loeb founded the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, a private non-profit school. Annually, the school issues a First Amendment Award. The organization retains majority ownership of the Union Leader newspaper.

On May 1, 2022, Nackey Loeb's daughter from her marriage to George Gallowhur—Nackey E. Gallowhur-Scagliotti—accused her stepfather, William Loeb, of sexually molesting her when she was 7 years old. The Union Leader denounced William Loeb and removed his name from their masthead in response to the accusations.

Notes

1. In August 1949, Loeb had been sued by Gallowhur for having "alienated the affection" of Scripps.

References

1. ^ Family Tree of Nackey Scripps Gallowhur Loeb
2. "Nackey Loeb, ex-publisher of Union Leader, dies at 75". The Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. AP. January 9, 2000. p. A21. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
3. "ROBERT P. SCRIPPS DIES ON HIS YACHT". The New York Times. March 4, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via nytimes.com.
4. "About Scripps College | History". www.scrippscollege.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
5. "NACKEY SCRIPPS A BRIDE; Daughter of the Late Publisher Is Wed to George Gallowhur". The New York Times. October 28, 1944. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
6. "The Gay Metropolis". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
7. "Loeb Jailed in $150,000 Love Balm Suit". The United Opinion. Bradford, Vermont. August 12, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
8. "Obituary: Edith (Edie) Tomasko". April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
9. "Mrs. Loeb Paralyzed By Mishap". Valley News. Lebanon, New Hampshire. UPI. December 21, 1977. p. 21. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
10. "Nominations & Appointments, March 12, 1984 | Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - National Archives and Records Administration". www.reaganlibrary.gov. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
11. Heckman, Meg. "The New Hampshire Publisher Who Became the 'Political Godmother' of the Modern Right". POLITICO. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
12. Clendinen, Dudley (February 23, 1984). "New Hampshire Publisher Is Gone, But Paper's Foes Are No Better Off". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
13. "Union Leader names a new publisher and executive editor". New Hampshire Press Association. January 13, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
14. Pace, Eric (January 12, 2000). "Nackey Scripps Loeb, 75, Former Newspaper Publisher". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
15. Belman, Felice (January 9, 2000). "Nackey Loeb dies, ending era at 'Union'". Concord Monitor. Concord, New Hampshire. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
16. "About Us". loebschool.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
17. "Our First Amendment Honor and Event". loebschool.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
18. Wojtkiewicz, Linda (November 24, 2019). "Nackey Loeb School announces new leadership". loebschool.org. Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
19. Landrigan, Kevin (May 1, 2022). "Stepdaughter: William Loeb sexually molested me as young child". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

Further reading

• Meg Heckman. Political Godmother: Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party (2020). ISBN 9781640121935.

External links

• Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications

• 1924 births
• 2000 deaths
• Mass media people from Los Angeles
• People from Goffstown, New Hampshire
• Francis Parker School (San Diego) alumni
• Scripps College alumni
• American newspaper publishers (people)
• American wheelchair users