Background
Tourtelot, Donald Leroy was born on September 29, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Brownlee and Hattie Hannah (Batzel) Tourtelot.
Tourtelot, Donald Leroy was born on September 29, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Brownlee and Hattie Hannah (Batzel) Tourtelot.
Bachelor, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1948. BJ, University Missouri, Columbia, 1950. Master of Arts in Journalism, University Missouri, Columbia, 1950.
Associate in publicity and advertising, Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, 1950-1952; director publicity, DePauw University, Greencastle, 1952-1960; assistant to president, Ohio College Applied Science, Cincinnati, 1960-1962; staff writer, Marts & Lundy Inc., New York City, Cincinnati, 1962-1966; vice president, Browning Associations, Inc., Newark, 1966-1985; executive vice president, Browning Associations, Inc., Newark, since 1985.
District chairman Dan Beard council Boy Scouts American, Cincinnati, 1976-1979. Development committee Cincinnati Zoo, since 1980. Board directors Association for Freedom to Die, Columbus, 1987-1990.
With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Member Sigma Delta Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha Foundation (fraternal long-range planning development advisory committee).
Married Elizabeth Ellen Buckingham, January 29, 1949. Children: Douglas Robert, David William.