Background
Gore, Quentin Pryor was born on July 15, 1909 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Carver Earl and Barbara (O’Briant) Gore.
Gore, Quentin Pryor was born on July 15, 1909 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Carver Earl and Barbara (O’Briant) Gore.
Student of University Tennessee, 1926-1927.
Reporter, various editorial positions Knoxville Free Press, 1925, Knoxville Dispatch, 1926, Knoxville Journal, 1927, 34-35, Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, 1927-1939, A.P., 1930, Birmingham (Alabama) Age-Herald, 1930-1934, Chattanooga (Tennessee) News, 1936-1939, Saint Louis Star-Times, 1940-1943. Managing editor Macon (Georgia) Telegraph, 1943-1944. With Chicago Sun and Chicago Sun-Times, since 1944, successively assistant foreign editor, picture editor, telegraph editor, feature editor, Sunday editor, news editor, 1944-1955, assistant managing editor, 1955-1964, managing editor, since 1964.
Consultant, writer on typography, newspaper design, since 1937.
Member Chicago Press.
Married Bennie Gresham Colquitt, October 22, 1934.