James Dowling Cherry

Jim Cherry had just retired from the Post-Dispatch when the University City Public Library was looking for a sponsor for the Memorial Day Run, which the library had just taken over in its tenth year. The PD sponsored the event for at least the next decade, and the library raised well over $100,000 during its sponsorship. The Run, now in its 38th year, is still a fundraiser for the library, and for three other University City non-profits. He was a great friend of the library. A real...