Cahlan, A. E. (Albert Edmunds), 1899-1968

Albert Edmunds “A. E.” Cahlan (1899-1968) was a newspaper columnist and a prominent civic leader during the mid-20th century in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in Reno, Nevada in 1899, he earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Nevada but began working in the newspaper business as an editor and manager in 1922. Starting in 1926, Cahlan ran the Las Vegas Review-Journal and with the help of his brother John, the paper's managing editor and they transformed it from a weekly to a daily paper. Cahlan promoted community programs and local political candidates through the paper's news columns and most famously through his editorial column “From Where I Sit.” Using his newspaper column, Cahlan supported the Democratic Party and worked closely with local candidates and government officials to endorse and promote the Democratic Party’s agenda. The Review-Journal flourished under the Cahlan brothers until the late 1950s, when readership declined and A. E. Cahlan sold his share of the company. After leaving the Review-Journal in 1961, he continued to write “From Where I Sit” for the rival publication the Las Vegas Sun and stayed involved in politics and civic life until his death in 1968. Cahlan is buried in Palm Desert Memorial in Clark County, Nevada.

Source:

Green, Michael. Online Nevada Encyclopedia. “Al Cahlan.” 13 October 2009. http://www.onlinenevada.org/articles/al-cahlan.