Background
Pennington, Weldon Jerry was born on March 1, 1919 in Tacoma. Son of Bert Archie and Marguerite Lucille (Heraty) Pennington.
Pennington, Weldon Jerry was born on March 1, 1919 in Tacoma. Son of Bert Archie and Marguerite Lucille (Heraty) Pennington.
Bachelor of Arts, University Washington, 1941.
Staff accountant, Allen R. Smart & Company (Certified Public Accountants), Seattle, 1941-1942;
special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1942-1946;
supervising accountant, Touche Ross & Company (Certified Public Accountants), Seattle, 1946-1951;
with, Seattle Times, from 1951;
president, director, Seattle Times, 1967-1982;
president, public, chief Executive officer, director, Seattle Times, from 1982;
president, director, Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bulletin, 1971-1985;
president, director, Times Communications Company, 1971;
president, director, Blethen Corporation. Director Rainier National Bank, Seattle, Rainier bank corporation, Paccar, Inc. Director, chairman finance committee Safeco Corporation.
Director Westin Hotels, Allied Daily Newspapers., president, 1982-1985.
President Seattle King County Community Chest, 1959-1960, Seattle King County United Good Neighbor Fund, 1962-1963, Downtown Seattle Development Association,1971-1972, Virginia Mason Medical Foundation, 1980, Corporation Council Arts, 1980;Trustee Seattle Goodwill Industries. Board directors Virginia Mason Hospital;chairman Council for Corporation Responsibility, 1982-1983. Trustee, president Seattle Foundation.
Chairman advisory board U. Washington Graduate School Business, 1980-1981. Treasurer Fifth Avenue Theatre Association, 1981, president, 1982-1983. Member American Institute Certified Public Accountants (Elijah Watts Sells award 1941), Washington Society Certified Public Accountants (president 1951-1952), Association Former Special Assemblies of God Theological Seminary Federal Bureau of Investigation, Seattle Chamber of C. (president 1964-1965), Sigma Delta Chi, Beta Alpha Psi.
Married Dorothy Grace Kinney, October 6, 1945. Children: Susan Diane Merry, Scott Brian, Sally Jane Ringman, Steven Kinney.