Waller, Mike

Mike Waller started his newspaper career in 1961 as a sports clerk at The Decatur Herald. After graduating from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., in 1963, he served for the next 15 years as a reporter and editor at The Herald, The Cleveland Plain Dealer and The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, where he rose to assistant managing editor and executive sports editor. In 1978, he joined the staff of The Kansas City Star and become the only editor in The Star's history to serve in the top three newsroom positions: managing editor of The Star, managing editor of The Kansas City Times and ed...