Background
Killpatrick, James Carl was born on November 25, 1931 in Hillsboro, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Leon and Wanna (Sears) Killpatrick.
Killpatrick, James Carl was born on November 25, 1931 in Hillsboro, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Leon and Wanna (Sears) Killpatrick.
Student, University Illinois, 1949-1950; student, Southern Illinois U., 1954-1955.
News editor, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, 1956-1961; night city editor, news editor, Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 1961-1971; senior correspondent, Reuters News Service, New York City, 1972-1974; chief bureaus, senior editor, United States News and World Report, Washington, 1974-1987; press secretary, Senator Paul Simon, 1987-1988; managing editor, The Journal Newspapers (5 suburban dailies), Washington, since 1989.
Served with Counter Intelligence corpus, United States army, 1952-1954.
Married Frances Eleanor Van Cleave, October 17, 1959. Children: Amy Ruth, Patrick Emerson.