Background
Dickinson, Clinton Roy was born on March 14, 1888 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Philemon Olin and Anna Elizabeth (Van Riper) Dickinson.
Dickinson, Clinton Roy was born on March 14, 1888 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Philemon Olin and Anna Elizabeth (Van Riper) Dickinson.
Graduate Newark Academy, 1905. Doctor of Letters, Princeton, 1909.
With Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1910-1915, Puck, 1915-1916, New York Times, 1916, Frank Presbrey Company, advertising agents, 1916-1917. Associate editor Printers’ Ink and Printers’ Ink Monthly, 1919-1933. President Printers’ Ink Public Company, 1933-1942.
Resigned to enter Army of the United States with rank of colonel, 1942.
First Lieutenant and later captain and major, office of chief of staff, United States Army, World War. Lieutenant colonel O.R.C.
Member President Harding’s Unemployment Conference (with Samuel Gompers signed minority report against cut in wages). Director Council for Democracy. Member National Publishers Association (director), Associate Business Papers, Incorporated.
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Clubs: Princeton, Dutch Treat, Advertising, Players, Essex County Country, National Press.
Married Marjorie South. Bostick, February 15, 1916. Children: Philemon, Katharine (Mistress James L. Macwithey), Clinton Roy, Junior.