Casselman, William S.

William A. Casselman, lifelong newspaperman, spent most of his career at the New York Daily News.

Hired in 1928 as copy editor, he remained at the Daily News for the next forty years, with the exception of a one-year stint at Liberty Magazine in 1930. In 1946 Casselman was promoted to news editor. In 1961 he accepted the position of night managing editor and assumed the position of editor in 1963 after the retirement of Robert Shand. In 1966 Casselman was promoted to the position of executive editor, which he held until his retirement in 1968.

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