Background
Dexter, Byron was born on December 9, 1900 in Newark. Son of James Leonard and Mary Gordon (Bourne) Dexter.
Dexter, Byron was born on December 9, 1900 in Newark. Son of James Leonard and Mary Gordon (Bourne) Dexter.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1923.
Reporter, Atlanta Journal, 1923. Staff member Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1924-1927. Circulation manager, assistant editor, New Republic, 1928-1931, 34-42.
Assistant editor Foreign Affairs, 1943, managing editor, 1949-1955.
Editor Let’s Talk About, monthly discussions of foreign affairs, 1952-1955. Editor Vermonter magazine, 1966.
Member Council Foreign Relations. Clubs: Century, Woodstock Country, Princeton of New New York
Married Jeannette Thurber Pruyn, 1927 (divorced). Married second, Jane Wilson, 1940 (divorced). Children: Joan Gordon (Mistress Doctorate. Blackmer), Dierdre Pruyn (Mistress South. Maiarkey).