Background
Sisson, Edgar Grant was born on December 23, 1875 in Alto, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Earl Truman and Lucy (Learned) Sisson.
Sisson, Edgar Grant was born on December 23, 1875 in Alto, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Earl Truman and Lucy (Learned) Sisson.
Northwestern University, 1894-1897.
Ralph A. and Frances M. Ladd, April 27, 1898. Children—Mildred (Mistress Charles Daly King), Edgar. College correspondent and staff reporter Chicago Chronicle, 1895-1898.
Reporter, 1898-1899, dramatic editor, 1899-1901, Chicago Tribune.
Assistant city editor Chicago American, 1902, city editor, 1903. Assistant city editor Chicago Tribune, 1903-1909, city editor, 1909-1911.
Managing editor Collier’s Weekly, 1911-1914. Editor Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1914-1917.
Associate chairman Committee on Public Information, Washington, District of Columbia, May 13, 1917-April 1, 1919, and general director of foreign section.
Organized the publication and distribution of President Wilson’s speeches throughout Russia, winter of 1917-1918. Made to President Wilson the personal report public by the government, September 1918, under the title “The German-Bolshevik Conspiracy”. Organized the committee’s service at the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919.
Member Delta Upsilon. Clubs: The Players, Dutch Treat (New York).
Married Dixie, daughter; children: Mildred (Mistress Charles Daly King), Edgar.