Sheppard Butler

Background

Butler, Sheppard was born on July 9, 1883 in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Florence Reeves (Sheppard) Butler.

Education

Student Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, Maine, 1895-1899. Bachelor of Arts, Colby College, 1903. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1904.

Career

Member editorial staff Chicago Tribune, 1905-1909, 1915-1924 (dramatic critic, 1921-1924). With Chicago Record Herald, 1909-1915, Sunday editor, 1912-1915. Associate editor Liberty Magazine, 1924-1928, executive editor, 1928-1931, associate editor, 1931-1942.

Associate editor Redbook Magazine, 1943-1948, managing editor since 1948.

Achievements

• Sheppard Butler has been listed as a noteworthy editors by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member editorial staff Chicago Tribune, 1905-1909, 1915-1924 (dramatic critic, 1921-1924). Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Connections

Married Bertha Ballou, January 4, 1909. Married second, Martha McElliott, July 29, 1925.

Father:

Nathaniel Butler

Mother:

Florence Reeves (Sheppard) Butler

Spouse:

Martha McElliott

Spouse:

Bertha Ballou