Background
Proffitt, Waldo was born on October 8, 1924 in Plainview, Texas, United States. Son of Waldo and Susan Ann (Smith) Proffitt.
Proffitt, Waldo was born on October 8, 1924 in Plainview, Texas, United States. Son of Waldo and Susan Ann (Smith) Proffitt.
Bachelor cum laude, Harvard University, 1948.
Reporter, Bangor (Maine) Commercial, 1948-1950; associate director, Harvard News Office, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1954; city editor, Charlotte (North Carolina) News, 1954-1958; managing editor, Journal, Lorain, Ohio., 1958-1961; editorial director, Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune, 1961-1984; editor, 1984-1998; columnist, Sarasota-Herald Tribune, since 1998.
Lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, Lieutenant United States Air Force, 1950-1952. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, Florida Society Newspaper Editors (president 1978).
Married Marjorie Baltzegar, September 14, 1946 (divorced 1963). Children: Ann Herbert, Deborah, Geoffrey Harrison, Laurence Scott. Married Anne Collier Greene, February 6, 1966.
1 child, Robert Waldo.