Nackey Loeb
{{Short description|American newspaper publisher}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nackey Loeb
| image = Nackey_Loeb.jpg
| alt =
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| birth_name = Elizabeth Anne Scripps
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|02|24}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|01|08|1924|02|24}}
| death_place = Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
| other_names = Elizabeth Scripps-Gallowhur
Nackey S. Loeb
| occupation = Newspaper publisher
| years_active = 1981–1999
| spouse = {{ubl
|{{marriage|George Gallowhur|1944|1949|end=divorce}}
|{{marriage|William Loeb III|1952|1981|end=died}}
}}
| children = 2
| known_for = Publisher of the Manchester Union Leader
| education = Francis Parker School (San Diego)
| alma_mater = Scripps College
| 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
Nackey Loeb was born in Los Angeles on February 24, 1924, as Elizabeth Anne Scripps.{{rp|30}} Her parents were Robert Paine Scripps and Margaret Lou Culbertson.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-nackey-loeb-ex-publisher/161548932/ |title=Nackey Loeb, ex-publisher of Union Leader, dies at 75 |agency=AP |newspaper=The Republican |location=Springfield, Massachusetts |page=A21 |date=January 9, 2000 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} She was always known as Nackey, a name "given to generations of Scripps women".{{cite book |title=Political Godmother: Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party |first=Meg |last=Heckman |publisher=Potomac Books |date=2020 |isbn=978-1640121935}}{{rp|29}} Her paternal grandfather, newspaper titan E. W. Scripps, founded the E. W. Scripps Company. Her father died in 1938, shortly after her 14th birthday.{{Cite news|date=1938-03-04|title=ROBERT P. SCRIPPS DIES ON HIS YACHT|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/03/04/archives/robert-p-scripps-dies-on-his-yacht-son-of-the-founder-of-scripps.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331 |via=nytimes.com}} She attended Francis Parker School in San Diego, then Scripps College, which had been founded by her great-aunt, Ellen Browning Scripps.{{Cite web|title=About Scripps College {{!}} History|url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/history|website=www.scrippscollege.edu|access-date=2020-05-29}}
In 1944, Nackey{{efn|Due to surname changes over time, "Nackey" is used for clarity in this article.}} married George Gallowhur;{{Cite news|date=1944-10-28|title=NACKEY SCRIPPS A BRIDE; Daughter of the Late Publisher Is Wed to George Gallowhur|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/10/28/archives/nackey-scripps-a-bride-daughter-of-the-late-publisher-is-wed-to.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}} inventor of Skol suntan lotion.{{Cite web|title=The Gay Metropolis|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kaiser-metropolis.html|website=archive.nytimes.com|access-date=2020-05-29}} The couple (she used Scripps-Gallowhur as her last name) had one daughter; they divorced in November 1949.[http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Manchester/bios/Nackey-Scripps-Loeb.txt Family Tree of Nackey Scripps Gallowhur Loeb]
In 1952, Nackey married William Loeb III,{{efn|In August 1949, Loeb had been sued by Gallowhur for having "alienated the affection" of Nackey.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-united-opinion-loeb-jailed-in-1500/161553455/ |title=Loeb Jailed in $150,000 Love Balm Suit |newspaper=The United Opinion |location=Bradford, Vermont |page=1 |date=August 12, 1949 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Edith (Edie) Tomasko|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/concordmonitor/obituary.aspx?n=edith-tomasko-edie&pid=170785078|date=2014-04-25|access-date=2020-05-29}}
In December 1977, Nackey 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 off the road due to ice and flipped over.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news-mrs-loeb-paralyzed-by-misha/161552556/ |title=Mrs. Loeb Paralyzed By Mishap |agency=UPI |newspaper=Valley News |location=Lebanon, New Hampshire |page=21 |date=December 21, 1977 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} In 1984, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.{{Cite web|title=Nominations & Appointments, March 12, 1984 {{!}} Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - National Archives and Records Administration|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/31284b|website=www.reaganlibrary.gov|access-date=2020-05-16}}
Nackey helped her husband run the Union Leader for decades until his death in 1981.{{Cite web|title=The New Hampshire Publisher Who Became the ‘Political Godmother’ of the Modern Right|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/07/new-hampshire-publisher-political-godmother-modern-right-110588|last=Heckman|first=Meg|website=POLITICO|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}} She then succeeded him as publisher,{{Cite news|last=Clendinen|first=Dudley|date=1984-02-23|title=New Hampshire Publisher Is Gone, But Paper's Foes Are No Better Off|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/23/us/new-hampshire-publisher-is-gone-but-paper-s-foes-are-no-better-off.html|access-date=2020-05-16}} and served until that role until stepping down in May 1999, shortly before her death.{{Cite web|title=Union Leader names a new publisher and executive editor|url=https://pressnh.org/2020/01/13/union-leader-names-a-new-publisher-and-executive-editor/|date=2020-01-13|website=New Hampshire Press Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}} She died on January 8, 2000,{{Cite news|last=Pace|first=Eric|date=2000-01-12|title=Nackey Scripps Loeb, 75, Former Newspaper Publisher|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/12/us/nackey-scripps-loeb-75-former-newspaper-publisher.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}} at her home in Goffstown, New Hampshire.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-nackey-loeb-dies-ending/161551390/ |title=Nackey Loeb dies, ending era at 'Union' |first=Felice |last=Belman |newspaper=Concord Monitor |location=Concord, New Hampshire |page=1 |date=January 9, 2000 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}
Legacy
In 1999, she founded the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, a private non-profit school.{{cite web |url=https://loebschool.org/about-the-nackey-s-loeb-school-of-communication |title=About Us |website=loebschool.org |accessdate=December 25, 2024}} Annually, the school issues a First Amendment Award.{{cite web |url=https://loebschool.org/our-first-amendment-honor |title=Our First Amendment Honor and Event |website=loebschool.org |accessdate=December 25, 2024}} The organization retained majority ownership of the Union Leader newspaper until January 2025.{{Cite web|title=Nackey Loeb School announces new leadership |url=https://www.loebschool.org/2019/11/24/nackey-loeb-school-announces-new-leadership/ |last=Wojtkiewicz |first=Linda |date=2019-11-24 |website=loebschool.org |publisher=Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications |language=en-US |access-date=2020-05-16}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/07/business/new-hampshire-union-leader-new-investors/ |title=New investors bring ownership overhaul at New Hampshire Union Leader |first1=Aidan |last1=Ryan |first2=Amanda |last2=Gokee |website=The Boston Globe |url-access=limited |date=January 7, 2025 |accessdate=January 7, 2025}}
On May 1, 2022, Nackey'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.{{Cite web |first=Kevin |last=Landrigan |authorlink=Kevin Landrigan |title=Stepdaughter: William Loeb sexually molested me as young child |url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/stepdaughter-william-loeb-sexually-molested-me-as-young-child/article_e148a07e-ba6b-54fd-b232-6fa756338962.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=UnionLeader.com |date=May 1, 2022 |language=en}}
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External links
- [https://loebschool.org Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications]
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Category:Mass media people from Los Angeles
Category:People from Goffstown, New Hampshire
Category:Francis Parker School (San Diego) alumni
Category:Scripps College alumni