After 40 years with the Republican Journal in Darlington, Brian Lund has retired. Lund has built a career in the newspaper business from the age of 10 in McHenry, Ill. His grandfather, Arnold Lund, was part owner of the McHenry Plaindealer at the time. His dad, Larry Lund, was the newspaper’s publisher.
From sixth grade through high school, Lund was using the Addressograph machine, a machine used to print addresses for subscriptions. He was getting more efficient as his experience with the machine grew.
Following graduation from McHenry High School in 1976, Lund attended Carthage College in Kenosha and the University of Miami (Fla.). In 1978, he returned to Wisconsin to lead the Circulation Department at the Monroe Evening Times, where his father was publisher and owner for several years.
Lund also worked in the advertising department for a number of years until he was named Publisher of the Republican Journal in 1983.
Lund says he’s going to miss the ‘RJ’ but has some projects to work on, but not making many plans just yet.
