Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954
Variant namesAuthor, editor, and political activist.
From the description of Papers, 1899-1980 (bulk 1930-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816454
Biographical Note
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1899, July 12:
Born, South Bethlehem, Pa. -
1917:
Graduated Thacher School, Ojai, Calif. Private, American Ambulance Service, 41st French Division -
1923:
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. -
1924:
Reporter, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. -
1929:
Married Marcia Gluck Zimbalist Clarke (divorced 1946) -
1930:
Published Through-Traffic (New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 307 pp.) Published The Abominable Branch (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 286 pp.) British version of Through-Traffic -
1930 -1937 :Staff writer, Fortune magazine -
1931:
Published "California Spring," American Caravan, Vol. IV, pp. 336-343 -
1937 -1940 :Managing editor, Fortune magazine -
1940:
Coordinator and speech writer, Wendell Willkie presidential campaign -
1941 -1944 :Chairman, board of editors, Fortune magazine -
1942 -1944 :Chief editorial writer, Life magazine -
1944:
Published My Country (New York: Simon and Schuster. 62 pp.) -
1945:
War correspondent with 11th Armored Division, U. S. Army, in Germany -
1947:
Director, Experimental Magazine Division, Time, Inc. Consultant, Columbia Broadcasting System -
1948 -1949 :Editor and moderator, Life magazine round tables -
1949 -1951 :Special projects editor, Fortune magazine -
1950:
Founded Institute For Creative Research, New York, N.Y. -
1951:
Editor in charge, U.S.A., The Permanent Revolution (New York: Prentice-Hall. 267 pp.), originally published as special issue of Fortune, Feb. 1940 -
1952:
Executive director, Institute For Creative Research, New York, N.Y. Married Natalie Potter Ladd -
1954, Apr. 19:
Died, New York, N.Y. -
1955:
Published posthumously The Dignity of Man (New York: Harper and Brothers. 338 pp.)
From the guide to the Russell Wheeler Davenport Papers, 1899-1980, (bulk 1930-1954), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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