Background
Price, Marion Woodrow was born on October 13, 1914 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Asa and Meddie (Divers) Price.
Price, Marion Woodrow was born on October 13, 1914 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Asa and Meddie (Divers) Price.
Student, Wake Forest College, 1933-1934.
Reporter, Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, 1935-1939; Reporter, Raleigh (North Carolina) Times, 1939-1941; managing editor, Kannapolis (North Carolina) Indiana, 1941-1942; reporter, Associated Press, Raleigh, 1942-1943; reporter, News and Observer, Raleigh, 1946-1957; managing editor, News and Observer, 1957-1972; outdoor editor, 1949-1976.
Member Kerr Reservoir Development Commission, 1950-1952, Cape Hatteras Seashore Commission, 1949-1950, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 1977-1989. Chairman North Carolina Outer Banks Park Commission, 1962-1963, North Carolina Seashore Commission, 1963-1969, North Carolina State Ports Authority, 1969-1973. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945.
Member Associated Press Managing Editors Association, Outdoor Writers American.
Married Mary Dudley Pittman, August 31, 1940. Children– Wiley, Dudley, Mary, Catherine.