Mark T. Sheehan, San Francisco, died at home on April 8. He was born to Katherine and Mark T. Sheehan Sr, on June 28, 1927, in Wallingford, Connecticut, and was a long-time resident of the Washington, D.C., area.
Sheehan began his professional career as a journalist, working for Connecticut newspapers. He moved to Washington, D.C., in the late 1950s and served as deputy world news editor for The Associated Press. He joined the administration of President John F Kennedy in 1961, serving in the US Department of Treasury as speechwriter for Secretary Douglas Dillon. He moved to the State Department in 1966 and served as director of the Office of Policy Guidance and then as assistant spokesman for the Paris Peace Talks. From 1970 to 1990 he was assistant director of public affairs for the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department. He left to join trade associations serving the newspaper industry before retiring in 1996.
