Background
Ewing was born in New Orleans to Robert W. Ewing, I, and the former May Dunbrack, originally from Nova Scotia, Canada.
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John Dunbrack Ewing
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He was educated at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, from which he obtained his bachelor"s degree in 1913.
Career
He was also affiliated with radio station KWKH in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Ewing"s mother died in 1906, when he was fourteen. When his father died in 1931, Ewing became publisher of both The Times and the two Monroe newspapers.
The three newspapers were known for their conservative editorials.
Ewing was a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, which met in Chicago to nominate United States. President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt for a third term. From 1938-1939, Ewing was president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
He headed the International Broadcasting Corporation, the owners and operators of KWKH. He was a director of the Kansas City Southern and the Louisiana and Arkansas railroads. Ewing married the former Helen Hamilton Gray on December 27, 1919.
They had two children, John Doctorate. Ewing, Junior., and Helen May Ewing Clay.
Another relative was Edmund Graves Brown, an executive at the Monroe News-Star from 1952 until the paper was sold in 1977 to the Gannett Company.
Achievements
Membership
One of Ewing"s nephews, Robert Ewing, III (1935–2007), was a nature photographer and a board member of the Monroe News-Star, formerly owned by the Ewing family.
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Political Party
Democratic party
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Awards
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Awarded Croix de Guerre with Star, 1918, Purple Heart. President Southern Newspaper Public Association, 1938-1939, Chairman of the Board 1939. Director Kansas City.S. and L.&A. Railroads. Member American Legion (department commander, 1921. Chairman of the Board American Legion Monthly), Sigma Nu.Awarded Croix de Guerre with Star, 1918, Purple Heart. President Southern Newspaper Public Association, 1938-1939, Chairman of the Board 1939. Director Kansas City.S. and L.&A. Railroads.
Member American Legion (department commander, 1921. Chairman of the Board American Legion Monthly), Sigma Nu.