Post-Gazette publisher, former DOT inspector general wed
Starting the holidays off together are newlyweds John Robinson Block, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Mary Fackler Schiavo, an attorney and the former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The pair tied the wedding knot at the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh on Nov. 19. The bride and groom grew up in northwest Ohio only 62 miles apart, Mr. Block in Toledo and the new Mrs. Block in Pioneer, Ohio, on a farm that she still owns and that has been in her family since its first settlement in the 1840s.
In December 1990, Mr. Block interviewed Mrs. Block on “The Editors,” a current affairs program that aired on WNWO-TV, Channel 24, in Toledo. Mr. Block, a Yale graduate, and Mrs. Block, a Harvard graduate, reconnected in 2017. He is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Blade in Toledo.
The bride strolled down the aisle escorted by her children, Larissa Fackler Schiavo and Alex Fackler Schiavo. Her groom was attended by Cynthia McNab, his first cousin.
The bridal party included Mr. Block’s brother, Allan Block, chairman of Block Communications Inc., and his wife, Susan. Also in the wedding party were Alex Petok, stepbrother of the groom; John Kulesza, a college friend of the groom; and
Amy Brauchle, a friend of the bride.
Cyrus Block, the brother of the groom who could not be there in person, was an
honorary groomsman.
The newlyweds will split their time between Pittsburgh, South Carolina and northwest Ohio.