Philip Franklin Buckner

Background

Buckner, Philip Franklin was born on August 25, 1930 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Orello Simmons and Emily Virginia (Siler) Buckner.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1952; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1954.

Career

With, Bay State Abrasive Products Company, 1954-1959; Reporter, Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun, 1959-1960; public, East Providence (Rhode Island) Post, 1960-1962; assistant to treasurer, Scripps League Newspapers, Seattle, 1964-1966; division manager, Scripps League Newspapers, Seattle, 1966-1971; president, Buckner News Alliance, Seattle, since 1971. Public daily newspaper group including Carlsbad (New Mexico) Current-Argus,1971-1990, Pecos (Texas) Enterprise, since 1971, Fontana (California) Herald-News, 1971-1989, Banning and Beaumont (California) Gazette, 1971-1974, Lewistown(Pennsylvania) Sentinel, 1971-1993, Tiffin (Ohio) Advertiser-Tribune, 1973-1993, York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record, since 1978, Winsted (Connecticut) Citizen, 1978, Excelsior Springs (Missouri) Standard, 1978, Oroville (California) Mercury-Register,1983-1989, Corona (California) Independent, 1984-1989, Minot (North Dakota) News, 1989-1993.

Achievements

• Philip Franklin Buckner has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocation: mountain climbing.

Connections

Married Ann Haswell Smith, December 21, 1956 (divorced November 1993). Children: John C., Frederick S., Catherine A. Married Mary Emily Aird, December 15, 1995 (divorced September 1997).

Father:

Orello Simmons Buckner

Mother:

Emily Virginia (Siler) Buckner

Spouse:

Ann Haswell Smith

Spouse:

Mary Emily Aird

child:

Frederick S. Buckner

child:

John C. Buckner

child:

Catherine A. Buckner