John H. Britton, a resident of Nashville, Tenn., his hometown, is a former reporter for the Atlanta (Ga.) Daily World and a former managing editor of Jet, the weekly news magazine published by Johnson Publishing Co., Inc., of Chicago.

His employment beyond journalism included a brief stint on the business side of The Washington Post and 19 years as principal spokesman for the University of the District of Columbia. Earlier, as chief public affairs officer with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, he edited and wrote news and features for Focus, the monthly newsletter published by that Washington, D.C., think tank.

Currently, he serves as assistant to the president for special projects at Meharry Medical College in Nashville.