Theodore Kesting

Background

Kesting, Theodore was born on August 27, 1918 in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Theodore F. and Pauline (Hechler) Kesting.

Education

Student, Girard College, 1928-1936; student, Pennsylvania School Industrial Arts, 1937-1939; student, Charles Morrice Price School, 1940-1941.

Career

Editor, Curtis Public Company, 1936-1945; editor, vice president, Sports Afield Public Company, Minneapolis, 1945-1953; editor, public, American Boy, 1950-1953; editor, Sports Afield, Hearst magazines, 1956-1970; editor, Rod and Gun, 1969-1970; editor at large, Sports Afield, since 1971.

Achievements

• Theodore Kesting has been listed as a noteworthy magazine editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • THE OUTDOOR ENCYCLOPEDIA. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.

    (Edited by the Sports Afield editor, this outdoor guide in...)

Connections

Married Jean M. Hoffman, January 6, 1945 (deceased). Children– Virginia Joan, Frederic, Kristin, David. Married Lorraine Williams, March 4, 1968.

Father:

Theodore F. Kesting

Mother:

Pauline (Hechler) Kesting

Spouse:

Jean M. Hoffman

Spouse:

Lorraine Williams

child:

David Kesting

child:

Frederic Kesting

child:

Kristin Kesting

child:

Virginia Joan Kesting