Leroy Banks Attaway

Background

Attaway, Leroy Banks was born on September 16, 1937 in Walterboro, South Carolina, United States. Son of LeRoy Banks and Claire Evangeline (Walker) Attaway.

Education

Student, University North Carolina, 1957.

Career

Reporter, photographer Beaufort Gazette, South Carolina, 1959-1960. Sports writer, assistant chief copy editor, Sunday editor News & Courier, Charleston, 1960-1965. With public relations department Bell & Stanton, Atlanta, 1965.

With corporation public relations department Olin Corp, New York City, 1965-1968. Writer American Sportsman/ABC-television, 1968-1969. Writer, associate producer Harbinger Productions, 1969-1970.

Freelance writer, photographer numerous magazines, 1970-1978. Associate editor Motor Boating & Sailing Magazine, New York City, 1978-1979, senior editor, 1979-1981. Editor Boating Magazine, 1981-1986.

Editor in chief Yachting Magazine, 1986-1989.

Achievements

• Leroy Banks Attaway has been listed as a noteworthy magazine editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Writers Guild American, American Society Magazine Editors.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing; travel.

Connections

Married Jane Scott Brown, May 13, 1956 (divorced). Children– Dorothy Claire, Catherine Jane, LeRoy Banks III. Married Robyn Worth Gill, April 24, 1982.

Father:

LeRoy Banks Attaway

Mother:

Claire Evangeline (Walker) Attaway

Spouse:

Robyn Worth Gill

Spouse:

Jane Scott Brown

child:

Catherine Jane Attaway

child:

LeRoy Banks III Attaway

child:

Dorothy Claire Attaway