Jack Koehler

Jack Koehler
White House Communications Director
In office
March 1, 1987 – March 13, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byPat Buchanan
Succeeded byTom Griscom
Personal details
BornWolfgang Koehler
(1930-06-11)June 11, 1930
DiedSeptember 28, 2012(2012-09-28) (aged 82)
PartyRepublican

John O. Koehler (June 11, 1930 – September 28, 2012) was a German-born American journalist and executive for the Associated Press, who also briefly served as the White House Communications Director in 1987 during the Reagan administration. Following the end of the Cold War and German Reunification, Koehler devoted his retirement to researching Cold War espionage and published two works of popular history about the foreign and domestic activities of the East German Stasi and the Warsaw Pact's "Cold War against the Catholic Church." Following his death in 2012, Koehler was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.