Jane Loren Tarrier Sedgwick, who served as managing editor of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Journal for nearly a quarter century, died on June 24 at a senior living facility in Columbus, Ohio. She was 95 years old.
After graduating from high school, Sedgwick briefly worked as a Red Cross volunteer in 1944 serving troops bound for Europe and the D-Day invasion. After the war, she graduated from Ohio State University, earning her bachelor’s degree in journalism, and later a master’s degree in education.
In 1962, Sedgwick began working as the managing editor of the OSU College of Medicine Journal. During her tenure at Ohio State, she also taught journalism classes at Franklin University in Columbus.
She retired from Ohio State in 1986.