Background
First, Wesley was born on February 18, 1920 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Orson John and Pearle (Unger) First.
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Wesley First
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Student, University Michigan, 1937-1940; Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1958; Master of Arts, New School for Social Research, 1963.
Career
Reporter, Erie Dispatch, 1943-1947;
assistant city editor, Erie Dispatch, 1947-1948;
assistant to editor, Erie Dispatch, 1948-1950;
with, New York World-Telegram and Sun, New York City, 1950-1963;
successively copyreader, night news editor, New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1950-1957;
assistant managing editor, New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1957-1960;
managing editor, New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1960-1963;
professor journalism, Ohio State University, 1963-1965;
director university relations, Columbia, New York City, 1965-1967;
assistant to president, Sarah Lawrence College, 1967-1968;
assistant to president, Juilliard School, New York City, 1968-1969;
editor, Travel Weekly, 1969-1976;
editor-in-chief, Psychology Today, 1976-1977;
staff vice president editorial, Ziff-Davis Public Company, 1977-1982;
consultant, Ziff-Davis Public Company, since 1982. Guest lecturer newspaper design and makeup Fordham University. Instructor journalism Finch College, New York City.
Republican to newspaper design and makeup seminar American Press Institute, 1957.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Member University of Michigan Alumni Association, Columbia University Alumni Association Beta Kappa, Kappa Tau Alpha, Sigma Delta Chi.
Connections
Married Margaret Elizabeth Whittlesey, April 3, 1943 (divorced June 1967). 1 child, Michael; married Dianne Jones, December 1975 (divorced September 1981). Married Suzanne Lavenas, January 9, 1982.
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American