Edward Thomas Townsend

Background

Townsend, Edward Thomas was born on February 8, 1910 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Edward Thomas and Mathilde (Riecke) Townsend.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Birmingham-Southern College, 1931; graduate student, Birmingham-Southern College, 1931-1932.

Career

Assistant economics, Birmingham-Southern College, 1930-1931; reporter, then city editor, Daytona Beach (Florida) Sun Record, 1932-1935; managing editor, then editor, Daytona Beach (Florida) Sun Record, 1936-1941; with, U.P., 1935; copy desk chief, Birmingham Age-Herald, 1941-1944; assistant labor editor, Business Week magazine, 1944-1958; labor editor, Business Week magazine, 1958-1968; associate editor, Business Week magazine, 1969-1975; board editors, Business Week magazine, 1966-1975; national labor correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, 1950-1985. Speaker in field, since 1958.

Achievements

• Edward Thomas Townsend has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Thelma Maye Blezard, September 17, 1933. Children– Thomas Edward, James Courtland, Charles Lewis, Peggy Joy (Mistress Walter Vick), John David, Richard Blezard.

Father:

Edward Thomas Townsend

Mother:

Mathilde (Riecke) Townsend

Spouse:

Thelma Maye Blezard

child:

Richard Blezard Townsend

child:

Charles Lewis Townsend

child:

Thomas Edward Townsend

child:

James Courtland Townsend

child:

John David Townsend

child:

Peggy Joy Townsend (Mistress Walter Vick)