Warren Leary: Science Writer for the AP and New York Times

From a post on nasawatch.com by Keith Cowling about the death of Warren Leary:

I just learned that Warren Leary died suddenly yesterday. Warren was one of the very first actual journalists I got to know when I started doing NASAWatch. He was a consumate pro with a strong social conscience and a warm heart. He was the sort of old fashioned journalist who just pushed through every story to get at the core of what was going on.

Warren Leary, LinkedIn

“Warren E. Leary is a retired science correspondent for The New York Times. A journalist who has specialized in science writing for more than 35 years, he is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and received an M.S. degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.

Leary began his science writing career with the Associated Press, creating the science beat in the Boston bureau of the news agency from 1971 through 1976, and continuing as a senior science writer for the AP in its Washington bureau from 1976 until 1989, when he joined the staff of The Times.

As an award-winning journalist based in Washington, Leary has covered space flight, technology, engineering, aeronautics, and medical science, as well as policy issues and federal scientific agencies. He is on the board of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and is a member and former officer of the National Association of Science Writers.”