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After the warFollowing hostilities, Appleyard completed his education at he attended Oxford University-Shrivenham and the University of Delaware, where he earned a Bachelor's degree with honors in 1947. He joined [[Wikipedia:Armstrong World Industries|Armstrong Cork Company]] in Beaver Falls that year and was transferred by the company to Pensacola in [[1950]]. He settled in the [[North Hill]] neighborhood with his wife [[Eleanor Appleyard|Eleanor]] and daughter [[Diane Appleyard|Diane]].
John stepped down from [[Dick Appleyard]] became president of the agency in [[1987]], when his son and John stepped down from active work in [[Dick Appleyard|Dick1992]] took over as president. He maintains an office in the agency 's [[Cordova Square]] building for his writing and community work.
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==Early life==
[[Image:JohnAppleyardWWII.jpg|thumb|right|90px|Appleyard circa [[World War II]]]]
Born on [[November 14]], [[1922]] in BeavertownChicago, PennsylvaniaIllinois, Appleyard attended the Northwestern University School of Journalism and Oxford University before joining the Army during [[World War II]], working across Europe as hospital registrar from 1943-1946.
==Advertising career==
[[Image:JohnEleanorAppleyardAgency.jpg|thumb|right|120px|John and [[Eleanor Appleyard|Eleanor]] outside the [[Appleyard Agency]]'s early office on [[Moreno Street]]]]
Appleyard went to work with local advertising firm [[Justin Weddell & Associates]] in [[19581957]], the same year he was named director of the Florida [[Quadricentennial]] Celebration. He founded his own firm, the [[John Appleyard Agency]], on [[February 2]], [[1959]]. The agency started with only three clients: the [[Port of Pensacola]], [[Baptist Hospital]] and [[Cary & Company]]. By being the first to offer an in-house recording studio and film production for television, it quickly grew into one of the area's foremost advertising marketing firms.
Appleyard also became more heavily involved with Pensacola's growing [[health care industry]] and founded became chief executive officer the [[Healthcare Research & Development Institute]] (HRDI) in [[19651967]].
==HistoriesAuthor & historian==
[[Image:JohnAppleyardTypewriter.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Appleyard at his manual typewriter]]
{{cquote|Pensacola at the turn of the century was a very different city from most Southern cities at the time. We had the [[Lumber industry|lumber industry]], [[Fishing industry|fishing]], the [[Navy Yard|Navy yard]]. Pensacola was growing like a weed. And you can't transpose hardly anything from the past onto [modern times]. So my determination on doing mysteries is that I want people to remember what it was like. That's why in these short stories, I like to sneak history lessons into each one. So they have a dual purpose — history and mystery.}}
An avid historian, Appleyard has penned dozens of books about Pensacola's past. Many of his works are fictional dramatizations of historical individuals and events.
He was named director of the Florida [[Quadricentennial]] Celebration in [[1958]] and has been involved with a number of preservation efforts.
Despite the advent of personal computers, Appleyard still does most of his writing on a 1954 Royal typewriter. "I gave the computer an honest try," he told the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' in 2001, "but it and I were not compatible."
*''The [[Greenhut family|Greenhut]] Chronicles''
*''He-Coon: The [[Bob Sikes]] Story''
*''The [[Kugelman family|KugelmanFamily]] Chronicles''*''The Kugelman Family Story''
*''The [[Levin family|Levin Family]] Chronicles''
*''The [[Lewis Bear]] Story''
*''Civil War in Pensacola: Letters from Soldiers''
*''Civil War in Pensacola in Pictures''
*''[[DeLuna (book)|DeLuna: A Novel]]''
*''An Economic History of Escambia County''
*''The Emergence of the Automobile in Escambia County''
*''Management Tier Systems'' (with learning guide)
*''The [[Navy Yard]]: 1825 to 1913''
*''Pensacola: – A City Under 6 Flags: A Novel''
*''Pensacola: Civil War Years''
*''Pensacola: How Its Streets Got Their Names''
====Mysteries & children's books====
*''Fifteen Mysteries in Pensacola'' (Vols. I , II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII)
*''[[Mysteries of Pensacola 100 Years Ago]]'': 6 each – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
*''Pensacola's Street Names: How & Where They Came From'' (reader/coloring book)*''The Policeman Is Your Friend'' (reader/coloring book)*''The Firefighter Is Your Friend'' (reader/coloring book)*''Living Healthy, Feeling Good'' (reader/coloring book)*''The United States Constitution'' (reader/coloring book)*''Electricity: Your Servant & Your Friend'' (reader/coloring book)*''Learning to Read the Newspaper'' (reader/coloring book)
==Community service==
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*[[City of Pensacola]], Constitutional Bicentennial Commission, member
*[[Downtown Rotary Club]], former president*[[Emerald Coast Honor Flight]], Paul Harris Fellowboard member
*[[First Presbyterian Church]], elder, teacher
*[[Home Builders Association of West Florida]], former executive director
