Background
Dickinson, William Boyd was born on May 18, 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Boyd and Alice G. (Hillman) Dickinson.
government official newspaper editor.
Dickinson, William Boyd was born on May 18, 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Boyd and Alice G. (Hillman) Dickinson.
A.A., Kansas City Junior College, 1927. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1929. Nieman fellow Harvard, 1939-1940.
Reporter Kansas City Star, 1929-1930. With United Press International, 1930-1949, successively manager burs., Denver, Minneapolis, New York City, business representative, Chicago, news editor, London, S.W. Pacific manager and war correspondent, 1930-1947, foreign news editor, New York City, 1947-1949. With Philadelphia Evening and Sunday Bulletin, 1949-1978, news editor, Washington bureau chief, associate city editor, 1949-1956, assistant managing editor, 1956-1959, managing editor, 1959-1969, executive editor, 1969-1973.
Member United States Privacy Protection Study Commission, 1975-1977.
Member United States Privacy Protection Study Commission, 1975-1977. Member Associate Press Managing. Clubs: National Press (Washington).
Married Aileen Robinson (deceased). Married second, Joan S. Younger. Children: William Boyd III, Beverly Dickinson Albertson, Theresa Joan, Rosalind Alice Dickinson Babcock, Diana Mary.