>It wasn't his job to find that person, though he did make an effort to identify people who might be willing to take it on.
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>Tamar, an editor-in-chief is absolutely responsible for finding/recommending a replacement. When Bob Grommes stepped down in the mid-90's, he recommended Whil/JVP. Given Whil's length of service at FT, that emphasizes the responsibility even more.
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As someone who was there, let me clarify that. Bob was not responsible in any way for finding his successor. He did recommend a few people as possible new editors to Roland (forget his last name) of Pinnacle, who was the person responsible. I happen to know this because I was one of the people Roland contacted and so was Whil. John may have been one of them as well, I don't know. All I was told was there were four or five candidates. At the time I was disappointed to not be chosen but in retrospect have to agree Whil was the right choice. IAC, I just want to correct the statement that Bob, as the outgoing editor, was responsible for finding his replacement. He was not.

Not everything is about John Peterson.