Background
Leyshon, Hal Irwin was born on September 12, 1900 in Mountain Ash, Kentucky, United States. Son of Howell Ulysses and Alice (Richards) Leyshon.
Leyshon, Hal Irwin was born on September 12, 1900 in Mountain Ash, Kentucky, United States. Son of Howell Ulysses and Alice (Richards) Leyshon.
Educated Maryville (Tennessee) Preparatory School, 1915-1917, Maryville College, 1917-1919.
One son, Hal Richards. Reporter Knoxville (Tennessee) News Sentinel, 1919-1921, Knoxville Journal, 1921-1922, Mobile (Alabama) Register, 1922. City editor Knoxville News Sentinel, 1923-1925.
Sunday editor Miami News, 1925-1928, news editor, 1928-1930, managing editor, 1931-1935, editor 1935-1941. Foreign correspondent Consolidated Press Association, 1930. Now president Hal Leyshon & Associates, Inc., public relations counsel, New York City Editor of Miami News during period for which it won Pulitzer medal for public service, 1939.
Served overseas with United States Army Air Forces. Member Sigma Nu Epsilon. Clubs: National Press (Washington).
Married Margaret Sullivan, June 25, 1935. Married second, Marion Elizabeth Pollard, August 22, 1942.