Edwin Earl Rogers

Background

Rogers, Edwin Earl was born on September 7, 1929 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Earl and Jessie (Pethick) Rogers.

Career

Sports editor, News-Leader, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 1944-1946; bureau reporter, photographer, The Scranton (Pennsylvania) Tribune, 1946-1951; bureau reporter, photographer, The Scranton Times, 1953-1954; reporter, The Scranton Times, 1954-1966; state editor, The Scranton Times, 1966-1973; city editor, The Scranton Times, 1973-1980; managing editor, The Scranton Times, 1980-1995; editor Good Times for Srs., The Scranton Times, since 1995.

Achievements

• Edwin Earl Rogers has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Steamtown Foundation, Scranton, 1984. Board directors Lackawanna County R.R. Authority, Scranton, 1984, Methodist Homes Corporation Wyoming Conference, 1996, Steamtown National Partnership, Scranton, 1998. Corporal United States Army, 1951-1953.

Member Pennsylvania Assn Press Managing Editors (president 1985).

Interests

• Avocations: railroading, traveling.

Connections

Married Eleanor Louise Hopkins, February 28, 1959. Children: Karen, Kevin, Kyle, Kathryn.

Father:

William Earl Rogers

Mother:

Jessie (Pethick) Rogers

Spouse:

Eleanor Louise Hopkins

child:

Kathryn Rogers

child:

Kyle Rogers

child:

Karen Rogers

child:

Kevin Rogers