Background
Payne, Kenneth Wilcox was born on October 3, 1890 in Cleveland. Son of Seymour and Winona (Wilcox) Payne.
Payne, Kenneth Wilcox was born on October 3, 1890 in Cleveland. Son of Seymour and Winona (Wilcox) Payne.
Educated U. Paris and University of Wisconsin.
Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1913-1918. Associate editor People's Home Journal, 1919-1920. Editor Popular Science Monthly, 1921-1922.
Managing editor McClure’s Magazine, 1923-1924.
Editor People's Home Journal, 1925-1926. Contributor to magazines, newspaper syndicates.
Editorial director North. American Review, 1928-1930. Managing editor Reader’s Digest, 1931-1939, executive editor, 1940-1961, senior editor, consultant on special projects, since 1961.
Clubs: Lotos, Alpha Delta Phi.
Married Ruth Adams, August 14, 1915. Children: Ruth (Mistress John T. Bucher), Joan (Mistress J. Warren Platner), Kenneth A., Barbara (Mistress Douglas Cray), Wallace A. Began career as staff writer, foreign.