William Preston Beazell

Background

Beazell, William Preston was born on June 21, 1877 in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Review B. F. and Mary (Welling) Beazell.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, 1897, Doctor of Letters, 1928.

Career

Reporter Pittsburgh Leader, 1897-1898. Reporter and night city editor, Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, 1898-1903. Political and editorial writer, Pittsburgh Times, 1903-1906.

Night editor, Pittsburgh Post, 1906-1907.

Editor, Pittsburgh Index and Pittsburgh Bulletin, 1907-1910. Joined staff of The World, New York, 1910, day managing editor, 1921-1930.

Associate in journalism, School of Journalism, Columbia, 1923-1932. Assistant editor of Today (magazine), 1934.

Managing director Saratoga Springs Authority, 1935-1944.

Secretary and executive director Citizens. Committee on Control of Crime in New York, 1936-1941. Public relations adviser to Committee on Costs of Medical Care, Real Estate Bondholders Protective Committee, National Transportation Committee, American Institute of Consulting Engineers, President's Committee on Mobilization of Relief Resources, 1931.

Executive secretary New York State National Rifle Association Committee, 1933.

Trustee and past president General Alumni Association of Allegheny College. President Society of Methodist Preachers Sons.

Achievements

• William Preston Beazell has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Delta Chi (honorary national president, 1929), American Society Newspaper. Clubs: Players, Dutch Treat (New York).

Connections

Married Isabel Howe, 1909.

Father:

Review B. F. Beazell

Mother:

Mary (Welling) Beazell

Spouse:

Isabel Howe