Journalist, Publisher. He was a widely respected journalist, publisher, and businessman, who was considered a true visionary of his time. A native of Albany, Indiana, Kilgore attended the prestigious DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1929. As a member of such organizations as the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the International Press Institute, and National Press Club and Gridiron, Kilgore began his career as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in 1929. He reported, was copy editor, and news editor for the Journal in San Francisco until 1932. He then became the Wall Street Journal's editorial page columnist from 1932 to 1935, news bureau manager in Washington from 1935 to 1941, managing editor from 1941 to 1942, vice president and general manager from 1942 to 1945, and president from 1945 to 1966. He also served as Chairman of the Dow Jones & Company from 1966 to 1967. In his 35 years with the Wall Street Journal, Kilgore made the national newspaper into what it is today. The newspaper under his leadership expanded it's coverage, and grew it's circulation and extended it's technology to deliver the same news and editorial content for readers no matter where they were in the United States. He is also credited with helping the Dow Jones & Company with expanding their earnings from $211,201 in 1945, to more than $13 million in 1966. Kilgore, who married his wife Mary Louise Throop (with whom he had three children) on October 1, 1938, also wrote the famous "What's News", and the "Washington Wire" columns. He is also noted as a founder of the Financial Journalism Hall of Fame, launching the National Observer into a weekly national newspaper, purchasing the The Princeton Packet (at the time the oldest newspaper in the state of New Jersey), and starting The Newspaper Fund in 1958. The Newspaper Fund was a program to encourage and develop better talent for journalism through summer internships and scholarships for students attending liberal arts colleges, and to provide summer workshops for high school teachers to learn about student publications. His several honors and awards include the Sigma Delta Chi's Wells Memorial Key, the Distinguished Service in Journalism Award, the University of Missouri Award, the Fellow of Sigma Delta Chi, the Indianapolis Front Page Award, Elijah Lovejoy Award, the Colby College Journalism Award, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Award, the Distinguished Service to Journalism Award, the Syracuse University Journalism Achievement Award, and the University of Southern California School of Journalism. He was also named Hoosier of the Year in 1960, and was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame as an inductee in 1988. Kilgore unexpectedly passed away suddenly in 1967. The Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship was later established in his memory.
Journalist, Publisher. He was a widely respected journalist, publisher, and businessman, who was considered a true visionary of his time. A native of Albany, Indiana, Kilgore attended the prestigious DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1929. As a member of such organizations as the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the International Press Institute, and National Press Club and Gridiron, Kilgore began his career as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in 1929. He reported, was copy editor, and news editor for the Journal in San Francisco until 1932. He then became the Wall Street Journal's editorial page columnist from 1932 to 1935, news bureau manager in Washington from 1935 to 1941, managing editor from 1941 to 1942, vice president and general manager from 1942 to 1945, and president from 1945 to 1966. He also served as Chairman of the Dow Jones & Company from 1966 to 1967. In his 35 years with the Wall Street Journal, Kilgore made the national newspaper into what it is today. The newspaper under his leadership expanded it's coverage, and grew it's circulation and extended it's technology to deliver the same news and editorial content for readers no matter where they were in the United States. He is also credited with helping the Dow Jones & Company with expanding their earnings from $211,201 in 1945, to more than $13 million in 1966. Kilgore, who married his wife Mary Louise Throop (with whom he had three children) on October 1, 1938, also wrote the famous "What's News", and the "Washington Wire" columns. He is also noted as a founder of the Financial Journalism Hall of Fame, launching the National Observer into a weekly national newspaper, purchasing the The Princeton Packet (at the time the oldest newspaper in the state of New Jersey), and starting The Newspaper Fund in 1958. The Newspaper Fund was a program to encourage and develop better talent for journalism through summer internships and scholarships for students attending liberal arts colleges, and to provide summer workshops for high school teachers to learn about student publications. His several honors and awards include the Sigma Delta Chi's Wells Memorial Key, the Distinguished Service in Journalism Award, the University of Missouri Award, the Fellow of Sigma Delta Chi, the Indianapolis Front Page Award, Elijah Lovejoy Award, the Colby College Journalism Award, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Award, the Distinguished Service to Journalism Award, the Syracuse University Journalism Achievement Award, and the University of Southern California School of Journalism. He was also named Hoosier of the Year in 1960, and was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame as an inductee in 1988. Kilgore unexpectedly passed away suddenly in 1967. The Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship was later established in his memory.
