HOLYOKE, MA — With family roots in the newspaper industry and many years serving as chairman of Newspapers of New England, Holyoke native Donald R. Dwight, who died at the age of 94 on Sunday, May 4, is being recalled for a life lived by the same principles that guided his commitment to locally owned, independent journalism.
“The principles he used in his approach to journalism were the same principles he lived his life by: integrity, respect and fairness,” said his son, Arthur Dwight. “He was a passionate advocate for that in journalism.”
Donald Dwight, who also served as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1971 to 1975 alongside Republican Gov. Francis Sargent, started out professionally in the family’s newspaper business at the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram in the 1950s, and after his political career, returned to work in the print medium.
