Frederic William Wile

Background

Wile, Frederic William was born on November 30, 1873 in LaPorte, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob and Henrietta (Guggenheim) Wile.

Education

Educated University of Notre Dame, Doctor of Laws, 1924. Doctor of Laws, Ursinus, 1929.

Career

Reporter Chicago Record, 1898-1900. Correspondent for Chicago Record and Chicago Daily News in London during Boer War, 1900-1901, in Berlin, 1902-1906. Chief correspondent London Daily Mail and affiliated Northcliffe newspapers in Germany, and Berlin correspondent New York Times and Chicago Tribune, 1906-1914.

During World War I. edited column in Daily Mail, London, entitled “Germany Day by Day.” Specialist on German Affairs, Intelligence Section, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1918.

Lieutenant colonel Reserve Corps (staff specialist), United States of America Chief of Washington bureau of The Public Ledger, Philadelphia, 1919-1922. Later conducted the Frederic William Wile column of news-correspondence from Washington.

Editorial staff writer Washington Evening Star. Political analyst for National Broadcasting Company, 1923-1928, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1929-1938.

First radio commentator on transatlantic news events, at London Naval Conference, 1930.

Radio commentator from World Disarmament Conference, Geneva, 1932. Author: Our German Cousins, 1909. Men Around the Kaiser, 1913 (public in England, America and Germany).

The Assault, 1916.

Explaining the Britishers, 1918. Emile Berliner, Maker of the Microphone, 1926. Editor in chief: A Century of Industrial Progress, 1928.

News Is Where You Find lieutenant (autobiography), 1939.

Home: Washington, Distric.

Achievements

• Frederic William Wile has been listed as a notable author, newspaper columnist and editorial writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Ada Shakman, May 14, 1901. Children: Frederic William, Helen Isabel.