William Ooley Craig

Background

Craig, William Ooley was born on December 31, 1931 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of William Jasper and Coral Mae (Ooley) Craig.

Education

BJ, University Missouri, 1953.

Career

Reporter-photographer, Kansas Missouri Star, l956-58; editor, Traffic World, Washington, l958-69; editor, information officer, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, l969-76; publications director, National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, l976-82; director Office Public Affairs,, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, 1982-1990; research specialist, Hearst Newspapers, Washington, since 1990.

Membership

With Counter Intelligence corpus, United States army, l954-55, Korea. Member Kappa Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: history, languages.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Towle, October 3, l959. Children: William Frederick, Douglas Allen, Thomas Ooley.

Father:

William Jasper Craig

Mother:

Coral Mae (Ooley) Craig

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Towle

child:

William Frederick Craig

child:

Douglas Allen Craig

child:

Thomas Ooley Craig