Michael Shanahan | Reporter, instructor

Michael Shanahan, a veteran political reporter for the Associated Press and Newhouse Newspapers who used that experience to teach new generations of students at George Washington University about the business he loved, has died.

Frank Sesno, director of George Washington's School of Media and Public Affairs, said Mr. Shanahan died Saturday morning after suffering a severe stroke earlier in the week.

Mr. Shanahan was assistant director for student affairs at SMPA and taught various journalism courses at the school before that.

For more than a quarter-century, he covered many areas of politics, from campaigns to federal agencies to Congress to the White House. He interrupted his journalism career for a stint in the military, including a tour as an intelligence officer with service in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Bronze Star. - AP