Alfred Sheppard Dashiell

Background

Dashiell, Alfred Sheppard was born on April 29, 1901 in Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. Son of Erastus Seth and Sallie (Marshall) Dashiell.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1923.

Career

Correspondent metropolitan dailies from Princeton University, 1921-1923. Managing editor Daily Princetonian, 1922-1923. Reporter Baltimore Evening Sun, summers 1922, 23.

Assistant editor Scribner’s Magazine, 1923-1930, managing editor, 1930-1936.

Associate editor Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, New York, 1936-1940, managing editor, 1940-1965, vice president, 1961-1967, editor special books, 1965-1967. Conductor of short story seminar Columbia University, 1936, 37.

Trustee Village of Croton-on-Hudson, 1937-1945. Vice president Croton Free Library Board, 1951-1955, president, 1955-1969.

Achievements

• Alfred Sheppard Dashiell has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clubs: Overseas Press, Princeton (New York City).

Connections

Married Cornelia Ringgold Ross, May 17, 1924 (died April 3, 1942). Married second, Sara Ross Skillern, May 1, 1943. Children: Cornelia Ringgold (Mistress Dino McCurdy), Ann Marshall (Mistress Harry Woske).