Background
Duffy, Dorothy Evelyn Bottom was born on December 28, 1927 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Raymond Blanton and Dorothy (Rouse) B.
Duffy, Dorothy Evelyn Bottom was born on December 28, 1927 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Raymond Blanton and Dorothy (Rouse) B.
Bachelor, Sweet Briar College, 1949. Postgraduate, Columbia University.
Editorial assistant R.R. Bowker & Company, New York City, 1963-1964. Editor Charles Scribers' Sons, 1966-1968. Manuscript editor Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973-1975.
Assistant to editor Daily Press, Inc., Newport News, Virginia, 1978-1981, editor, from 1982, Daily Press and The Times-Herald, Newport News, since 1982. Director Daily Press., Inc., since 1976.
Trustee Christopher Newport College, Newport News, since 1983. Board directors Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council, Newport News, since 1983. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, American Newspaper Publications Association, Southern Newspaper Publications Association, National Conference Editorial Writers, Virginia President Association, Virginia Nature Conservancy (trustee), Folger Shakespeare Library (reader, Washington), Virginia Peninsula C. of Chamber (board directors since 1984) Clubs: Virginia Peninsula Rose Society (Hampton).
Ware River Yacht (Gloucester).
Married Langdon Brown Gilkey, June 25, 1949 (divorced 1961). 1 child, Mark Whitney. Married John Duffy, March 25, 1967.
1 stepchild, Maura Duffy Certo.