Background
Dwight, Donald Rathbun was born on March 26, 1931 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Dorothy Elizabeth (Rathbun) Dwight.
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Dwight, Donald Rathbun was born on March 26, 1931 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Dorothy Elizabeth (Rathbun) Dwight.
AB, Princeton University, 1953; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Massachusetts, Lowell, 1974.
Reporter, assistant to public, Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram, 1955-1963;
associate public, Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram, 1966-1969;
associate commissioner, Massachusetts Department Public Works, Boston, 1963-1966;
commissioner administration, Commonwealth Massachusetts, Boston, 1969-1970;
lieutenant governor, Commonwealth Massachusetts, Boston, 1971-1975;
associate public, vice president, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 1975-1976;
public, senior vice president, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 1976-1981;
president, public, Star & Tribune Newspapers, Minneapolis, 1981-1982;
executive vice president, director, Cowles Media Company, 1981-1982;
chairman, Newspapers of New England, Inc., 1982-1998;
associate, The Prospect Group, New York City, 1983-1988;
chairman, managing partner, Clark, Dwight & Associations, Inc., 1988-1990;
president, Dwight Partners, Inc., Lyme, N.H., since 1988. Vice president Wood River Capital Corporation, 1984-1988. Executive vice president Entretech Inc., 1988-1990.
Trustee Eaton Vance Mutual Funds, Boston, since 1986, The Royce Funds, New York City, since 1998.
Member Town Meeting, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1957—1969. Trustee Twin Cities Public television, 1976—1982. Chairman board Guthrie Theater Foundation, 1978—1981.
Vice president, director National Corporation Theatre Fund, 1985—1988. Director Joint Action in Community Service, Washington, 1989—1992, Lyme Foundation, Incorporated, New York Hampshire, 1994—1998. Trustee Trust Funds, 1987—2000.
Member Planning Board, 2005—2007. Member vestry St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, 1998—2001. Board directors Minneapolis Society Fine Arts, 1979—1982, Upper Valley Land Trust, Hanover, The Josiah Bartlett Center Public Policy, Concord, Northern Stage, White River Junction, Vermont.
Member of Newspaper Association American, The Country Club, Hillsboro Club, Somerset Club, Round Hill Club, Knickerbocker Club.
Married Susan Newton Russell, August 9, 1952 (divorced August 1982). Children: Dorothy Campbell, Laura Newton, Eleanor Addison, Arthur Ryan, Stuart Russell. Married Nancy John Sinnott, December 18, 1982.
Children: Christopher Sinnott, Helen Rathbun.