Gil Thelen

Background

Thelen, Gil was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gilbert Carl and Violet (Okonn) Thelen.

Education

Bachelor, Duke U., 1960.

Career

Reporter, Milwaukee Journal, 1960-1961; reporter, Associated Press, Washington, 1965-1972; writer, Consumer Reports, Mount Vernon, New York, 1972-1977; reporter, Chicago Daily News, 1977-1978; assistant metropolitan editor, Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 1978-1982; metropolitan editor, Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 1982-1983; assistant managing editor, Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 1983-1987; editor, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina., 1987-1990; executive editor, The State, 1990-1997; consultant editor, Knight-Ridder, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina., 1997-1998; executive editor, The Tampa Tribune, since 1998. Adjunct Professor University of Southern California, Aiken, 1989-1998.

Achievements

• Gil Thelen has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Montgomery County Big Brothers, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1969. Co-founder Alpha Group, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina., 1989. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, South Carolina.

Press Association, Columbia Rotary Club, Leadership South Carolina., Leadership Columbia, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, tennis, reading, classical music.

Connections

Married Carol Abernathy, July 1966 (divorced April 1978). Children: Deborah Brooke, Todd Foster. Married Cynthia Jane Struby, September 2, 1979.

Children: Matthew David, Jonathan Whitfield.

Father:

Gilbert Carl Thelen

Mother:

Violet (Okonn) Thelen

Spouse:

Cynthia Jane Struby

Spouse:

Carol Abernathy

child:

Todd Foster Thelen

child:

Deborah Brooke Thelen

child:

Matthew David Thelen

child:

Jonathan Whitfield Thelen