Marshall Froker worked at three Chicago newspapers over a 40-year career, beginning as a copy editor at the Chicago Daily News. He was night news editor, responsible for the daily bulldog edition, when the newspaper went out of business in 1978. Next came six years at the Sun-Times, where he was day national and foreign editor, followed by 24 years at the Chicago Tribune as an editor on the national and foreign desks and deputy editor of the Sunday magazine. He was the editor of three special science projects, one of which won a Pulitzer Prize and another was named a Pulitzer finalist. He was awarded the Tribune’s Johnrae Earl Award for excellence in editing.