Walter Bartlett Lister

Background

Lister, Walter Bartlett was born on September 29, 1899 in Cleveland. Son of Walter Scott and Minnie (Bartlett) Lister.

Education

Student Denison University, 1915-1917. Universite de Poitiers, France, 1919. Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1920.

Harvard Graduate School, 1921.

Career

Reporter Batavia (New York) News, 1921, Cleveland Press, 1922. City and managing editor Houston (Texas) Press, 1923-1925. City editor Brooklyn Daily Times, 1925-1927.

City and news editor New York Telegram, 1927-1930.

Assistant city editor to city editor New York Post, 1931-1941. City editor, managing editor Philadelphia Record, 1941-1947.

Managing editor Philadelphia Bulletin, 1947-1958, executive editor, since 1958.

Achievements

• Walter Bartlett Lister has been listed as a noteworthy editors by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with 135th Field Artillery, 37th Division, France, 1918-1919. Member American Society Newspaper. Club: Merion Golf.

Connections

Married Dorothy Krauss, 1924. Children: Walter Blackburn, John Beamish, Peter Mackenzie.