Donald Kirk Coe

Background

Coe, Donald Kirk was born on November 21, 1934 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Glen Dale and Hazel Mae (Coley) Coe.

Education

Bachelor, U. Alabama, 1957.

Career

Wire editor, Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gazette, 1958-1959; reporter, county editor, Sharon (Pennsylvania) Herald, 1959-1961; assistant wire editor, Pittsburgh Press, 1961-1966; in public relations and fund raising, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1966-1970; editorial writer, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1970-1975; chief editorial writer, Chicago Sun-Times, 1975-1984; university director public affairs, University of Illinois, 1984-1998; special assistant to president, University of Illinois, since 1998.

Achievements

• Donald Kirk Coe has been listed as a noteworthy University official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President National Conference Editorial Writers Foundation, 1989-1991. Captain United States Army Reserve, 1958-1968. Member Sigma Delta Chi (president college chapter 1957).

Connections

Married Frances Ellen Truman, May 31, 1958. Children: Mark William, Sandra Elizabeth, Bonnie Lee.

Father:

Glen Dale Coe

Mother:

Hazel Mae (Coley) Coe

Spouse:

Frances Ellen Truman

child:

Sandra Elizabeth Coe

child:

Mark William Coe

child:

Bonnie Lee Coe