Background
Kilpatrick, Charles Otis was born on June 16, 1922 in Fairview, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John E. and Myrtle (Arant) Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick, Charles Otis was born on June 16, 1922 in Fairview, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John E. and Myrtle (Arant) Kilpatrick.
Bachelor, Stephen F. Austin State College, 1942.
With daily newspapers, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1940-1942;
with, Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches, 1946-1948;
with, Courier-Times, Tyler, Texas, 1948-1949;
regional editor, Tyler Morning Telegraph, 1949;
managing editor, Tyler Morning Telegraph, 1949-1950;
member of staff, Evening News, San Antonio, 1950-1951;
Sunday Editor, San Antonio Express, 1951-1954;
assistant managing editor, Evening News, 1954-1955;
managing editor, Evening News, 1955-1956;
assistant executive editor, San Antonio Express and San Antonio News, 1957-1958;
executive editor, San Antonio Express and San Antonio News, 1958;
vice president, San Antonio Express and San Antonio News, 1971;
public, San Antonio Express, 1971-1972;
editor, public, San Antonio Express and News, 1972-1991;
retired, San Antonio Express and News, 1991. Corporation director features Harte-Hanks Newspapers, San Antonio, 1972-1973. President Texas Film Features, Inc., 1980-1991.
Consultant Hearst Corporation, since 1993. Juror Pulitzer prize in journalism, 1963, 64, 67, 71, 75.
Board of directors Incarnate Ward College, 1974-1982, Mexico-American Cultural Institute, 1982-1990, San Antonio Symphony, president, 1984-1986. Board directors United Way, Goodwill Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome, San Antonio Industrial Foundation. President Goodwill Rehab Service, 1984-1985.
Trustee S.W. Research Center Lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1962. Member American Newspaper Publications Association, Southern Newspaper Public Association, American Society Newspaper Editors, Texas A.P. Managing Editors Association (president 1963), Texas Daily Newspaper Association (president 1983), San Antonio Chamber of C. (director), Argyle Club, Conopus Club.
Married Margie Ada Partin, June 3, 1944. Children: Kent Fairles, Millicent Kye, Mark Kevin.