John J. Monaghan Jr. ’55

John J. Monaghan Jr. ’55, of Cumberland, R.I.; May 4. He had a 47-year career in journalism beginning as a reporter for the Pawtucket Times in 1951 followed by nearly two decades as managing editor of the Providence Journal before retiring in 1998. He transitioned from reporter to editor with his appointment as assistant city editor of the Evening Bulletin, later becoming city editor before his elevation to managing editor in the early 1980s. During his tenure as managing editor, the newspaper won the New England Newspaper Association Newspaper of the Year award. He was a lifelong supporter of Brown and served 25 years as a member of the BAM Board, earning him an alumni service award. He also served on the Cumberland Conservation Commission for 10 years and the Cumberland Boys Club Board for four years and was the founding member and first chairperson of the Cumberland High School Parents’ Advisory Group. An avid outdoorsman, he spent much of his free time at his West Ossipee, N.H., second home canoeing, skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking in the White Mountains. In his retirement he traveled with his wife throughout the United States and Europe and subsequently published pieces on travel, canoeing, and skiing in the Sunday Providence Journal. He is survived by a daughter; two sons; a daughter-in-law; six grandchildren; two sisters, including Sheila Monaghan Harvey ’56; and nephew Peter Harvey ’80.