Background
SCRIPPS, Charles was born on January 27, 1920 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Robert Paine and Margaret Lou (nee Culbertson) Scripps.
SCRIPPS, Charles was born on January 27, 1920 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Robert Paine and Margaret Lou (nee Culbertson) Scripps.
Student, College William and Mary, 1940. Student, Pomona College, 1941.
Reporter Cleveland Press, 1941. Successor-trustee Edward W. Scripps Trust, 1945, chairman board trustees, 1948—2003. Vice president E.W. Scripps Company, from 1946, chairman, 1953—1994, chairman executive committee, 1994—2003.
Board directors, E.W. Scripps Company, 1953-2003.
Member national advisory board Salvation Army. Trustee Freedoms Foundation Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Civil Air Patrol, Theta Delta Chi.
Son of; married Louann Copeland, June 28, 1941 (divorced 1947). Married Lois Anne MacKay, October 14, 1949 (deceased 1990). Children: Charles Edward Junior, Marilyn Joy, Eaton Mackay, Julia Osborne.
Married Mary Elizabeth Breslin, September 7, 1993.