Background
Flory, Harry Russell was born on June 11, 1899 in Maysville, Ohio, United States. Son of John and Mary Alice (Hess) Flory.
Flory, Harry Russell was born on June 11, 1899 in Maysville, Ohio, United States. Son of John and Mary Alice (Hess) Flory.
Bachelor of Arts, College of Wooster, 1920. Bachelor of Letters, Columbia University, 1922. Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Wooster, 1943.
Worked as newsboy, printer’s devil, pressman, reporter Wooster Daily News while attending high school, college. Reporter Akron Times, summer 1920. Acting city editor Wooster Daily Record, summer 1921.
Staff correspondent International News Service, New York City, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Chicago, Paris and London, 1922-1926, Paris bureau manager, 1926-1928, London bureau manager, 1928-1931.
Staff correspondent United Press, London, 1931-1934, assistant European News manager, London, 1934-1938, European news manager 1938-1943 (headquarters transferred to New York City, December 1940), foreign news manager, director communications, 1943-1952. General manager communications, 1952-1964.
Communications consultant to American Newspaper Publications Association, New York City, from 1964. Established special communications arrangements between London and Amsterdam bureaus of United Press, October 1939.
Observer International Telecommunications Conference, Cairo, 1938.
Served as Second lieutenant United States Army, September-December 1918. Trustee, College of Wooster, 1948-1951. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Delta Chirurgical
Club: University (New York City).
Married Florence King Gilman, January 22, 1925. Children: Harry R. (deceased), Marjorie Anne, Stewart Gilman.