Abbott Ford Kinney

Background

Kinney, Abbott Ford was born on November 11, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Gilbert Earle and Mabel (Ford) Kinney.

Education

Student Arkansas College, 1923, 26, 27.

Career

January 1986); children— Colleen, Joyce, Rosemary. Editor Dermott News, 1934-1939. Partner Delta Drug Company, 1940-1949.

President, general manager Southeast Arkansas Broadcasters, Incorporated., Dermott and McGehee, since 1951.

Correspondent Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, 1935-1953. Research early aerospace Institute Aeronautical.

Sciences, 1941, castor bean production, 1941-1942.

Achievements

• Abbott Ford Kinney has been listed as a noteworthy radio broadcasting executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Arkansas Geological and Conservation Commission, 1959—1963, Mississippi River Parkway Commission. Chairman Arkansas Planning Commission. Past president, member executive board DeSoto Area Council Boy Scouts American.

Chairman County Library Board. Member past president Hospital Advisory Board. Board member McGehee-Dermott Industrial Development Corporation, Chicot Fair Association, Christian Rural Overseas Program.

Member of American Institute of Management, American Numismatic Association, Arkansas History Association, International Broadcasters Society (editorial advisory board), Southeast Arkansas Chamber of C, Arkansas Broadcasters Association, National Association Radio and television Broadcasters, Rotary Club.

Connections

Married Dorothy Lucille Jeffers, September 19, 1943 (deceased January 1986). Children: Colleen, Joyce, Rosemary.

Father:

Gilbert Earle Kinney

Mother:

Mabel (Ford) Kinney

Spouse:

Dorothy Lucille Jeffers

child:

Colleen Kinney

child:

Joyce Kinney

child:

Rosemary Kinney