William McCleery

• Born 1911-09-15 · Died 2000-01-16

McCleery was the comics editor for AP Newsfeatures (Associated Press) syndicate and wrote the Oaky Doaks comic strip for that syndicate from June 17, 1935, to December 30, 1961. McCleery was also a magazine editor for Life and Ladies Home Journal, a newspaper editor for P.M. (New York) and Hearst Newspapers, newspaper reporter, author, and Broadway and television playwright in his career. Additional biographical information: News from Princeton University, Journalist, Playwright William McCleery Dies in Princeton, January 18, 2000, via https://pr.princeton.edu/news/00/q1/0118-mccleery.htm. Nebraska Authors, William McCleery, https://nebraskaauthors.org/authors/william-mccleery.