Meredith Newcomb Stiles

Background

Stiles, Meredith Newcomb was born on April 16, 1880 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review William Curtis and Mary Allen Arey (Newcomb) Stiles.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1902.

Career

1 son, Meredith North. Began as reporter New York Commercial Advertiser, 1902, later with New York World, New York Herald, New York Evening Sun and New York News Bureau until 1911. Staff reporter, Associate Press, 1911-1916. City editor same in New York City, 1916-1919.

Chief of Associate Press Bureau, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919-1925.

In charge Latin-American service of Associate Press, 1925-1926. Foreign news editor for Associate Press, 1926-1928.

Became associated with George Eastman, 1928. Speaker and writer in promotion of calendar reform, and as assistant to National Committee on Calendar Simplification for United States.

Representative of National Committee on Calendar Simplification to League of Nations Preparatory Committee on Calendar Reform, Geneva, 1931.

Adviser, International Conference on Calendar Reform, Geneva, 1931. American secretary International Fixed Calendar League, 1932-1934. Member Shaw Scientific Expedition to British Columbia, 1907.

Associate Press staff correspondent, Argentina, Brazil, Chili conference on Mexico, at Niagara Falls, 1914.

With Hughes Mission to Brazil, 1922. At Pan-American Conference, Santiago, Chile, 1923.

Achievements

• Meredith Newcomb Stiles has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Shaw Scientific Expedition

Connections

Married Katherine Elizabeth Toof, June 19, 1912.

Father:

Review William Curtis Stiles

Mother:

Mary Allen Arey (Newcomb) Stiles

Spouse:

Katherine Elizabeth Toof