Chris Vlasto and his youngest son is former Communications Director for Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, Joshua Vlasto Pete Hamill In 1958, American journalist and novelist Pete Hamill worked as the art director of Atlantis after leaving the U.S. Navy and studying art on the GI Bill. In the midst of laying out one edition, he suggested to editor James Vlasto that running a few stories in English might improve circulation, and the editor challenged him to try his own hand at writing one. Hamill chose to profile a promising Puerto Rican middleweight who trained under Cus D'Amato at the nearby Gramercy Gym. Hamill was paid $25 for what was his first published story, and the occasion boded well for both subject and author. By the time José Torres won the world light-heavyweight title seven years later, his lifelong friend Hamill had become the lead columnist for the New York Post. Hamill wrote about his Atlantis experience in his best selling book, Drinking Life. P.J. Gazouleas P.J. Gazouleas was editor of the Atlantis from 1960 to 1972 and later editor of the Orthodox Observer a newspaper published by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Gazouleas was an influential adviser to Archbishop Iakovos of America who led the Greek Orthodox Church in America for several decades. Notes References External links Atlantis Collection, Box Inventory, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library 2001 Register of the Records of Atlantis, National Daily Newspaper 1894-1973, The Research Library of the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, December 1982 1894 establishments in New York (state) 1973 disestablishments in New York (state) Defunct newspapers published in New York City Greek-language newspapers Greek-American history Greek-American culture in New York City Publications established in 1894 Publications disestablished in 1973 Daily newspapers published in New York City