Background
Palmer, Cruise was born on April 9, 1917 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Thomas Potter and Margaret Scroggs (McFadden) Palmer.
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Cruise Palmer
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Cruise Palmer, American Newspaper editors Recipient Distinguished Service award Kansas State University, 1967; First Place award Pro-American Southgate Open Golf Tournament, 1973; Second Place award Pro-American Hawaiian Open, 1973, 85; Third Place, 1981; First Place award Jim Colbert Celebrity Tournament, 1981, First Place Team award Kansas City area American Cancer Society Golf Tournament, 1986.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Kansas State University, 1938.
Career
With, Kansas Missouri Star, since 1938; news editor, Kansas Missouri Star, 1963-1964; managing editor, Kansas Missouri Star, 1965-1966; executive editor and board, Star and Times, 1967-1977; consultant, Star and Times, since 1978. Director Purtec Systems, Inc.
Achievements
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Membership
Member Board of Governors American Royal Live Stock and Horse Show Association, 1967-1991. Board directors American Red Cross, 1978-1991, Kansas City Mayor's Corps Progress, 1978-1991. Foundation trustee Kansas State University.
Trustee Kansas City Sister Cities Commission, 1978-1991. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, Society Professional Journalists, Kansas CitySr.
Golf Association, Missouri Senior Golf Association, Kansas City Press Club (president 1953-1954, 64-65, permanent trustee, president scholarship foundation 1989), Kansas City Club, Chiefs Red Coat Club, Milburn Golf and Country Club, Beta Theta Pi (Greater Kansas City Beta of Year 1980).
Connections
Married Dorraine Humphreys, September 7, 1946. Children: Thomas Cruise, Martha D. Sprague.
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Nationality
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
episcopalian (former vestryman and lay reader).
Education
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1938
Career
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1963 - 1964
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1965 - 1966
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Service award Kansas State University, 1967. First Place award Pro-American Southgate Open Golf Tournament, 1973. Second Place award Pro-American Hawaiian Open, 1973, 85. Third Place, 1981; First Place award Jim Colbert Celebrity Tournament, 1981, First Place Team award Kansas City area American Cancer Society Golf Tournament, 1986.Recipient Distinguished Service award Kansas State University, 1967. First Place award Pro-American Southgate Open Golf Tournament, 1973. Second Place award Pro-American Hawaiian Open, 1973, 85.
Third Place, 1981; First Place award Jim Colbert Celebrity Tournament, 1981, First Place Team award Kansas City area American Cancer Society Golf Tournament, 1986.