Background
Hicks, Wilson was born on January 7, 1897 in Sedalia, Missouri, United States. Son of John Wesley and Davanna (Bonker) Hicks.
Hicks, Wilson was born on January 7, 1897 in Sedalia, Missouri, United States. Son of John Wesley and Davanna (Bonker) Hicks.
Graduate Sedalia (Missouri) High School. Student of University of Missouri, 1914-1917.
1 son, David Louisiana Conia. Reporter Sedalia (Missouri) Capital, 1914. Reporter, rewrite man, copyreader, Kansas Missouri Star, 1917-1922.
Motion picture editor Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) Sunday Times, 1922-1923.
Successively assistant Sunday editor, associate editor magazine, rotogravure editor, Kansas City Star, 1923-1927. Copy editor, news editor, executive editor feature service, Associated Press, 1929-1935, also executive editor news photo service, 1935-1937.
Associate editor, later becoming executive editor, Life magazine, 1937-1950. Lecturer photojournalism and director of University publications U. Miami.
Served as corporal with United States Army, Camp Funston, Kansas, 1918. Club: The Coffee House.
Married Ida Elliott Smith, August 19, 1918.