Background
Kerr, William T. was born on September 4, 1941 in Portuguese Huron, Michigan, United States.
publishing and broadcasting executive
Kerr, William T. was born on September 4, 1941 in Portuguese Huron, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, University Washington, 1963; Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford, England, 1965; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1967; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1969.
Vice president Dillon Read & Company, New York City, London, 1969—1973. Consultant McKinsey & Company, New York City, 1973-1979. Vice president The New York Times Company, 1979-1991.
President The New York Times Magazine Group, 1985-1991. Executive vice president, president magazine group Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, 1991-1994, president, chief operating officer, 1994-1996, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1997-1998, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1998—2006, chairman, since 2006. Interim president, Chief Executive Officer Arbitron, Inc., Columbia, Maryland, since 2010.
Board directors Meredith Corporation, since 1994, The Principal Finance Group, Inc., since 2001, Whirlpool Corporation, since 2006, Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., since 2006, Arbitron, Inc., since 2007. Trustee Oxford University Press, Harvard Business School Publications, International Federation Periodical Press.
Member: Bar Association of Baltimore City (Member, Family Law Committee, 1981-1984). Baltimore County (Chairman, Continuing Education Section, 1985), Maryland State (Member of Council, Family Law Committee, 1984-1988) and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Married Mary Lang, October 15, 1966. 1 child Susannah Gaskill Kerr Adler.