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According to the Chicago Manual of Style/my editor, neither Mr. or Dr. should be included in print. Dr. is typically used to denote medical doctors, but that has fallen out of fashion due to the vast number of medical fields. In biographical materials, inclusion of academic degree (i.e. PhD) is permissible.
As always, it depends upon the editor, be it newspaper, journal, or website. For example, the New York Times' obituary for Frederick von Hayek technically incorrectly used Mr. (as according to my editor the Wall Street Journal does this as well). Hayek had a doctorate from Vienna.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...50C0A964958260
My own personal preference for the use of Mr. (which, as noted, is incorrect) was based on opening day materials from Milton Friedman's course on Money Theory at the University of Chicago, where he asked to be referred to as Mr. as opposed to Dr. Friedman. (Of course this was for use in verbal communication, but it was the basis for my previous standard).
As always, it depends upon the editor, be it newspaper, journal, or website. For example, the New York Times' obituary for Frederick von Hayek technically incorrectly used Mr. (as according to my editor the Wall Street Journal does this as well). Hayek had a doctorate from Vienna.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...50C0A964958260
My own personal preference for the use of Mr. (which, as noted, is incorrect) was based on opening day materials from Milton Friedman's course on Money Theory at the University of Chicago, where he asked to be referred to as Mr. as opposed to Dr. Friedman. (Of course this was for use in verbal communication, but it was the basis for my previous standard).
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