Gary Lautens ‘50

Gary Lautens was a Canadian humorist and newspaper columnist. He wrote for the Toronto Star from 1962 until his death in 1992. Gary began his lifelong love of the newspaper business early. At age 13 he went to work after school and during the summers at the Hamilton Spectator. From 1948–50 he was editor of the McMaster Silhouette. The year he was editor, the Silhouette won for the first time the prestigious Jacques Bureau trophy, an award for small circulation newspapers. Gary worked at the Hamilton Spectator after graduation and moved to the Toronto Star in 1962.

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