1. William Roy DeWitt Wallace, publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher.
13 Facts About DeWitt Wallace
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DeWitt Wallace attended college at Macalester from 1907 to 1909 and transferred to the University of California, Berkeley for two years.
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DeWitt Wallace returned to St Paul in 1912 and was hired by a publishing firm specializing in farming literature.
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DeWitt Wallace spent four months in a French hospital recovering from his injuries, passing the time by reading American magazines.
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DeWitt Wallace wanted to create a magazine with articles on a wide variety of subjects, abridged so that each could be easily read.
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DeWitt Wallace showed his sample magazine to Lila Bell Acheson, sister of an old college friend, Barclay Acheson, who responded enthusiastically.
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DeWitt Wallace proposed to her and on October 15,1921, they were married.
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DeWitt Wallace was a supporter of the Republican Party with strong anti-communist views, and the magazine reflected these beliefs.
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DeWitt Wallace was a noted philanthropist, donating much of his massive fortune to his alma mater Macalester College.
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DeWitt Wallace funded the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, opened in 1985 at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
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On January 28,1972, DeWitt Wallace was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon.
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DeWitt Wallace was inducted into the Junior Achievement US Business Hall of Fame in 1980.
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DeWitt Wallace died at his home in Mount Kisco, New York, on March 30,1981.