Donald Thornton Mc Gregor

Background

Gregor, Donald Thornton Mc was born on March 20, 1924 in McLennan County, Texas, United States. Son of Marshall Thornton and Flora Elvira (Welch) McGregor.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1947; postgraduate, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1951-1952.

Career

Agriculture reporter, Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram, 1948-1949; continuity director, Station KCRS, Midland, 1949-1950; editorial associate, Baptist Standard, Dallas, 1952-1955; real estate editor, Dallas Times Herald, 1959; public relations executive, Union Bankers Insurance Company, Dallas, 1955-1958; associate editor, Baptist Standard, 1959-1971; editor, California Southern Baptist, Fresno, 1971-1973; publisher, Kemp (Texas) News, Ferris (Texas) Wheel, also Dawson (Texas) Herald, 1973-1974; associate editor, Baptist Record, Jackson, Mississippi, 1974-1976; editor, Baptist Record, Jackson, Mississippi, 1976-1990; retired, 1990.

Achievements

• Donald Thornton Mc Gregor has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor, journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman public relations advising committee Southern Baptist Convention, 1979-1980. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Prisoner of war, Germany, 1944-1945.

Member Southern Baptist Press Association (secretary-treasurer 1964-1968, president 1981, chairman Baptist press liaison committee 1988-1990), Associated Baptist Press (co-founder and board directors, executive director 1991-1994).

Connections

Married Alice Carlene Barnhill, December 21, 1946. Children: Alice Diane McGregor Tyrone, Robert Thornton, Donald Wayne.

Father:

Marshall Thornton McGregor

Mother:

Flora Elvira (Welch) McGregor

Spouse:

Alice Carlene Barnhill

child:

Alice Diane McGregor Tyrone Gregor

child:

Robert Thornton Gregor

child:

Donald Wayne Gregor