Background
Colby, Carroll Burleigh was born on September 7, 1904 in Claremont, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Melvin Forrest and Stella Adella (Whitcomb) Colby.
Colby, Carroll Burleigh was born on September 7, 1904 in Claremont, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Melvin Forrest and Stella Adella (Whitcomb) Colby.
Graduate School Practical Art (now The Art Institute of Chicago Boston), 1925.
Free-lance illustrator and author, 1925-1937. Editor Air Trails and Air Progress mags., 1937-1943. Aviation editor Popular Science Monthly, 1943-1946.
Free-lance writer, author, illustrator, 1946-1977. Camping editor Outdoor Life magazine, 1958-1975. Lecturer writing books, military, space, history, conservation, camping, wildlife.
Past member Briarcliff Manor (New York) Board Trustees, also Planning Commission. Past fire commissioner, also member hook and ladder and rescue company. Captain special patrolmen Briarcliff Manor Police Department Past president Briarcliff Manor Library Board.
Member United States Air Force auxiliary, 1942-1977, lieutenant colonel. Member Aviation Space Writers Association (a founder 1937), Outdoor Writers Association American (past board directors), Adventurers.
Married Lila Margaret Thoday, November 29, 1928. Children: Susan (Mistress Robert S. McKanna), Fred Melvin.
