Show FAMOUS FAM OUS EDITOR I OF N. N Y VI DEAD Chester S. S Lord Journalist and Educator Helped Shape Industry a Dr By GARDEN CITY N. N Y Aug 1 1 Chester former managing edl edI tar lor of the New York Sun and chancellor chancel chancel- lor br of the board of regents of the state of New York died early today at his home Fifth str street et He was 83 years old Lord was on the staff of the Sun 42 years from 1872 to 1913 and was managing editor of the paper from 1880 He was a member of the board of regents of the state of New York from rom 1896 to 1904 and from 1909 to the pres pres- ent He was made chancellor in 1921 Boss Lord as he was known to two generations of ot New York newspaper newspaper news news- paper men was one of the figures of metropolitan journalism who was responsible re reo for shaping modern newspaper newspaper newspaper per methods Born in Romulus N N. Y the son of a minister Lord first thought of followIng follow Ing lag his fathers father's fathers father's profession but after alter altera a year of study in that direction turned to newspaper work after selling a series of articles to the Utica N. N Y Herald Having Having- definitely given up preaching preach preach- ing for writing Lord went on the Oswego Os Os- wego vego N. N Y Advertiser in 1871 as an associate editor S He stayed a year and then made mado the plunge into New York York- newspaper work with the S Sun n at 10 a week I After five years in the city room o othe of the Sun he bought an interest in the Syracuse N. N Y Standard but when minority stockholders stockholders' called his notes six weeks later after disagreeing with his editorial policy he went back to the Sun Three years later in 1880 he became its managing editor Men of ot the Sun staff always always' remembered Boss Lord for his leaning to te practical jokes and for his full hearted support of his reporters The Sun men men were always right until proof to th the contrary was furnished Lord When he retired from the Sun in 1913 a single news paragraph appeared appeared ap ap- ap in the Suns Sun's column Informing the public It was the first time a aSun aSun aSun Sun man had ever made the news new columns column of the paper I a. a Ilk |