William Franklin Mc Ilwain

Background

Ilwain, William Franklin Mc was born on December 15, 1925 in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Franklin and Docia (Higgins) McIlwain.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest College, 1949; postgraduate, Harvard, 1957-1958.

Career

Various positions with, Wilmington (North Carolina) Star, 1943; Various positions with, Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 1945; Various positions with, Jacksonville (Florida) Journal, 1945; Various positions with, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal-Sentinel, 1949-1952; Various positions with, Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, 1952-1954; chief copy editor, Newsday, Garden City, New York, 1954-1957; day news editor, Newsday, 1957-1960; city editor, Newsday, 1960-1964; managing editor, Newsday, 1964-1966; editor, Newsday, 1967-1970; writer-in-residence, Wake Forest U., 1970-1971; dorm leader, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center, Butner, North Carolina, 1971; deputy managing editor, Toronto Star, 1971-1973; managing editor, The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1973-1977; editor, Boston Herald American, 1977-1979; deputy editor, Washington Star, 1979-1981; executive managing editor, Washington Star, 1981; editor, Arkansas Gazette, 1981-1982; founding editor, New York Newsday, 1982-1984; executive editor, Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune, 1984-1990; senior editor, New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, 1991-1992; chairman, Bill Mc Ilwain, Inc., since 1993. Stone Ridge lecturer, 1978.

Achievements

• William Franklin Mc Ilwain has been listed as a notable Newspaper editor, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member President Johnson's Commission on Civil Rights. Advisory board Pulitzer Prize, 1982. With United States Marine Corps, 1944.

Member American Society Newspaper Editors, Society Nieman Fellows.

Connections

Married Anne Dalton, November 28, 1952 (divorced 1973). Children: Dalton, Nancy, William Franklin III. Married K. L. Brelsford, June 5, 1978 (divorced 1983).

Father:

William Franklin McIlwain

Mother:

Docia (Higgins) McIlwain

Spouse:

Anne Dalton

Spouse:

K. L. Brelsford

child:

William Franklin III Ilwain

child:

Dalton Ilwain

child:

Nancy Ilwain