Background
Tooill, Kenneth Du Vall was born on December 22, 1895 in Jeffersonville, Ohio, United States. Son of George Washington and Luella (Smith) Tooill.
Tooill, Kenneth Du Vall was born on December 22, 1895 in Jeffersonville, Ohio, United States. Son of George Washington and Luella (Smith) Tooill.
Graduate high school, Columbus, Ohio, 1918. Student Columbia, College City New York, Ohio State University.
1 son (by former marriage), John Pershing;Ann (adopted). Began as reporter Ohio State Journal, 1917. Reporter successively for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Philadelphia Ledger, Chicago Herald and Examiner, New York American, also New York Sun until 1928.
Managing editor successively Johnstown Democrat, Newark Ledger and Ohio State Journal.
Associate editor Columbus Dispatch. Managing editor Toledo Blade.
Editor and co-public Erie (Pennsylvania) Dispatch-Herald, 1945. Editor editorial page, Saint Louis Star-Times.
Executive editor Toledo Times, from 1948.
Author national syndicated column. With news department Toledo Blade, from 1966.
Member American Society Newspapers. Clubs: University, Torch, National Press.
Married Virginia East. Christian, February 28, 1944.