Background
Davis, Charles Ernest was born on September 17, 1916 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles E. and Inez Ellen (White) Davis.
Davis, Charles Ernest was born on September 17, 1916 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles E. and Inez Ellen (White) Davis.
Student in public schools, Baltimore.
Staff writer Albany (New York) Times-Union, 1937-1943, New York Journal-American, 1943-1945. Washington Post, 1945-1950. Washington Times-Herald, 1950-1953, Los Angeles Examiner, 1953-1962, Los Angeles Times, 1962-1968.
Consultant
Secretary Interior, 1955-1956. Company-recipient Pulitzer prize for local news reporting, 1943. Theta Sigma Phi Matrix Table award for best Los Angeles news story, 1956.
Club: Los Angeles Press.
Married Dorothy Robinson, April. Married second, Jean Jacobsen, July 1954. Children: Diane, Christopher, Charles III.