Biography:

Journalist. Born– August 8, 1908, Opelika. Parents– Isaac W. and Laura (Jones) Hill. Married– Catherine H. Dawson, June 25, 1932 (died 1974). Children– Two. Married–Louise B. Andrews, June 22, 1979. Education– Washington and Lee University, A.B., 1929.  Reporter and editor, Mobile Press, 1929-1930; Washington Evening Star, deskman, 1930-1937, city editor, 1937-1949, news editor, 1949-1954, assistant managing editor, 1954-1962, managing editor, 1962-1968, associate editor, 1968-1973;  Director, Maryland Media, Inc., 1970-73. Washington correspondent for Editor and Publisher. Lecturer at Columbia University, 1955-73; journalism counselor at DePauw University, 1970. Contributed articles and stories to popular magazines. Member, International Press Club, National Press Club, American Society of Newspaper Editors; Associated Press Managing Editors Association.  Chair, Newspaper Comics Council, 1960-1961. Died March 8, 1993. 1993.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Marquis who’s who online

Joint_Compiler_and_Editor;

Mirror of War; the Washington Star Reports the Civil War. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1961.