Background
Matthews, William Edmund was born on April 30, 1930 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Foster and Zerelda Tribble (Baxter) Matthews.
Newspaper and travel magazine publisher
Matthews, William Edmund was born on April 30, 1930 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Foster and Zerelda Tribble (Baxter) Matthews.
Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1952.
Information specialist, C.I.A., Washington, 1953-1961; owner, publisher, The Shelby Sentinel, Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1961-1968; president, general manager, Newspapers Inc., Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1968-1973; president, Landmark Community Newspapers, Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1973-1976; publisher/general manager, Scripps Howard Community News, Cincinnati, 1976-1982; vice president, editor, Mid-Continent Development & Tourism, Huntingburg, Indiana, 1982-1993; president, editor, Mid-Continent Development & Tourism, Huntingburg, Indiana, since 1993; editor, The Huntingburg Press, since 1987; public, The Huntingburg Press, since 1993.
Second lieutenant United States Army, 1952. Member Kentucky Press Association (president 1977), Kentucky Weekly Newspaper Association (president 1975), Rotary.
Married Else Vivien Bender Jorgensen, June 13, 1952. Children: Lisa Gaines, William E. II, Ellen Matthews Oetinger, Bland Ballard.