Kenneth Otto Gilmore

Background

Gilmore, Kenneth Otto was born on December 25, 1930 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Otto Troly and Mildred (Young) Gilmore.

Education

Bachelor, Brown University, 1953.

Career

Copyboy, Washington Post, 1953-1954; writer, Newspaper Enterprise, Washington, 1954-1957; successively associate editor and senior editor, Reader's Digest, Washington, 1957-1973; assistant managing editor, Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, New York, 1973-1975; managing editor, Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, New York, 1975-1982; executive editor, vice president, Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, New York, 1982-1984; editor-in-chief, director, member Executive Committee, Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, New York, 1984-1990. Board directors Readers' Digest Foundation, Pleasantville, since 1984. Director Dewitt Wallace and Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Funds, 1988.

Member of advisory board Center for Strategic International Studies, Washington, since 1984.

Achievements

• Kenneth Otto Gilmore has been listed as a noteworthy Editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Loomis-Chafee School, Windsor, Connecticut, 1978-1984. Member library committee Brown University. Member Council Foreign Relations, American Association Magazine Editors.

Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Janet Keenan Dunseath, December 22, 1962. Children: Lara Troly, Alexandra Bailey.

Father:

Otto Troly Gilmore

Mother:

Mildred (Young) Gilmore

Spouse:

Janet Keenan Dunseath

child:

Lara Troly Gilmore

child:

Alexandra Bailey Gilmore