Thomas Grey Grey WICKER

Background

Wicker, Thomas Grey was born on June 18, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, United States. Son of Delancey David and Esta (Cameron) Wicker.

Education

University of North Carolina; 1954-1955, Sunday feature editor 1955-1956, Washington correspondent 1957, editorial writer 1958-1959. Nashville Tennessean 1959-1960.

Career

Exec director, Southern Pines (North Carolina) Chamber of Commerce, 1948-1949; editor, Sandhill Citizen, Aberdeen, North Carolina, 1949; managing editor, The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina, 1949-1950; public information director, North Carolina Board Public Welfare, 1950-1951; copy editor, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1951-1952; sports editor, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1954-1955; Sunday feature editor, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1955-1956; Washington correspondent, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1957; editorial writer, city hall correspondent, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1958-1959; associate editor, Nashville Tennesseean, 1959-1960; member of staff, Washington bureau New York Times, 1960-1971; chief bureau, Washington bureau New York Times, 1964-1968; associate editor, New York Times, 1968-1985; columnist, New York Times, 1966-1991. James K. Batten visiting professor public policy Davidson College. Visiting scholar First Amendment Center, Nashville, 1998.

Achievements

• Thomas Grey Wicker has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1954. Member Society Nieman Fellows, Century Association, Society American Historians, Writersguild of America East. M C.

Connections

Married Neva Jewett McLean, August 20, 1949 (divorced 1973). Children: Cameron McLean, Thomas Grey. Married Pamela Abel Hill, March 9, 1974.

Father:

Delancey David Wicker

Mother:

Esta (Cameron) Wicker

Spouse:

Neva Jewett McLean

Spouse:

Pamela Abel Hill

child:

Thomas Grey Wicker

child:

Cameron McLean Wicker