Background
Merwin, Davis Underwood was born on June 22, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Davis and Josephine (Underwood) Merwin.
Merwin, Davis Underwood was born on June 22, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Davis and Josephine (Underwood) Merwin.
AB, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Illinois Wesleyan University, 1991.
President Evergreen Communications, Inc., Bloomington, Illinois, 1969-1980. Public Daily Pantagraph, 1968-1980. President Wood Canyon Corporation, Tucson, 1989-1993.
Vice-chairman Bloomington Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-1999. Director State Farm Growth, Balanced Municipal Bond and Interim Funds, State Farm Variable Products Funds.
Board of directors, member Executive Committee Adlai E. Stevenson Lectures. Trustee emeritus Illinois Wesleyan University, Inland Daily Press Foundation, chairman investment committee, 1983-1991. Trustee Illinois Nature Conservancy.
Member American Newspaper Publications Association, Inland Daily Press Association (president 1977,Chairman, Board Of Directors 1978), Harvard Club (Chicago), Phoenix-Saskatchewan Club, Hasty Pudding Club, Bloomington Country Club, Ristigouche Salmon Club.
Married Nancy Snowden Smith Tailer, November 14, 1958 (deceased February 1995). Children: Davis Fell, Laura Howell. Married Sharon Adkins Todd, May 12, 1998.