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	March/April 1994 \| Content
		Wallace, a minister's son from St. Paul, had been a twenty-five-year-old college dropout working for a publisher of farm periodicals when he got the idea of distilling the best information from hundreds of free federal agricultural bulletins, combining it in one volume, and selling it.
		Like almost all the founders of great magazines and newspapers, DeWitt Wallace was a man who did what he did not so much for money but because he believed in it so completely that it became his life; unlike most such men, he never sought publicity for himself.
		A couple of years earlier, while the affair was still going on, Wallace had given a dinner whose guests of honor were Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, and at it he had gravely proposed a toast to all the men there who were with their first wives.
	archives.cjr.org /year/94/2/books-wallace.asp (1051 words)

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		The Wallaces are described as a cross between the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Ted Turner and Jane Fonda.
		Wallace, who was intrigued after hearing one of the churchmen was fired after being caught in bed with the congregation's soprano, sent for him, liked him, and hired him on the spot.
		The Wallaces had a strange matrimonial dynamic: Their union was glued not by deep feelings, but a willingness to tolerate one another without them.
	www.usatoday.com /money/books/mbook050.htm (1047 words)

	NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Today's Honorary Subscriber is the American publisher Dewitt Wallace (1889-1981), who together with his wife, Lila Bell Acheson (1889-1984) created Reader's Digest, one of the most widely circulated magazines in the world.
		Wallace was the son of a professor at Presbyterian Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
		Wallace served as editor from 1921 to 1965 and as chairman from 1921 to 1973.
	www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=609 (453 words)

	DeWitt Wallace Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Together DeWitt and Lila Wallace founded a magazine that would reach the largest readership in world history and created the world's greatest publishing empire.
		DeWitt and Lila Wallace not only made millions of dollars, they also gave away millions to enrich the lives of others.
		Both were approaching their thirty-second birthday when they married after a two-day courtship; then they were together for nearly sixty years until DeWitt's death in 1981 at the age of ninety-one; Lila died three years later at the age of ninety-four.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/dewitt-wallace-dlb (192 words)

	DeWitt Wallace Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		DeWitt Wallace was born on November 12, 1889, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where his father was on the faculty (and later president) of Macalester College.
		Wallace edited the Digest to speak directly to the concerns of the average reader, skillfully blending stories of human interest, down-to-earth advice, and good-natured humor.
		Wallace gradually began to withdraw from the active management of the company in the mid-1960s, although he remained as chairman of the board until 1973.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/dewitt-wallace (943 words)

	The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
		DeWitt Wallace was born on November 12, 1889, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to a father who was a college professor and who later became president of Macalester College.
		DeWitt Wallace spent much of the magazine's first year in the New York Public Library reading articles to summarize in future issues, while Lila Wallace kept her job.
		DeWitt Wallace seemed to have a very good notion of what his readers wanted, and circulation continued to grow, reaching over one million in 1936 and three million in 1939.
	www.referenceforbusiness.com /history/Th-Ul/The-Reader-s-Digest-Association-Inc.html (3542 words)

	DeWitt Colony Forum
		The DeWitt Colony Forum is for exchange of information related to individuals, families, events, politics, economy and lifestyles from the colony area from 1700 to statehood in 1846.
		LOCKHART, ANDREW---Andrew Lockhart, brother of well-known surveyors of the DeWitt Colony, Byrd and Charles Lockhart, was born in Hampshire, VA abt 1781.
		in the DeWitt Colony in 1829 and 1830.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/familyhist.htm (3458 words)

	The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
		The Public Hospital, the Museum Store, and an exhibition of Masterworks from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection are open at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.
		The Hennage Auditorium, Museum Café, and the balance of the Wallace Museum remain closed for continued maintenance.
		During a visit to the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, guests will enjoy seeing the "Public Hospital" exhibition area on the south side of the building.
	www.history.org /History/museums/dewitt_gallery.cfm (285 words)

	DeWitt, Joseph Culbertson & Elizabeth McCullough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is not clear is Hugh Byron is the son of Thomas Byron DeWitt, or J(ohn) W(allace) DeWitt.
		Luella Eddyth "Ella" Dewitt (born 1864) who is the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt (born in VA) and Elizabeth McCullough (born in MO) who is Joseph Culbertson's father's (Joel DeWitt) brother.
		Wallace is mentioned in Thomas Bryon DeWitt's obituary and is listed as a nephew...
	www.bergen.org /ACADEMY/Bio/dewitt/DeWitt_JosephC.html (866 words)

	Historic California Posts: Dewitt General Hospital
		Within five years preceding the establishment of former DeWitt, a portion of the land was converted to permanent irrigated pasture for livestock.
		With cessation of the war and a large influx of overseas patients, DeWitt was relieved of a majority of Zone of Interior patients with the exception of their own duty personnel.
		DeWitt was declared surplus 31 December 1945 and the War Assets Administration assumed custody of the Site 24 June 1946.
	www.militarymuseum.org /DewittGenHosp.html (529 words)

	Processed in Pleasantville - New York Times
		STARTED in the basement of a Greenwich Village speak-easy by DeWitt Wallace in the early 1920's, Reader's Digest grew into a multibillion-dollar corporation with a formidable global reach.
		Roy William DeWitt Wallace, known to friends and employees alike as Wally, was born in St. Paul in 1889, the son of James Wallace, a Presbyterian lay preacher and a professor of Greek at Macalester College.
		His wife of 60 years, Lila Acheson Wallace, was also a P.K., and so were a number of the editors and executives Wally hired in the early days.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1DB1E38F931A1575BC0A965958260 (584 words)

	Information about U.S. FDC: 32¢ Lila and DeWitt Wallace: Great Americans Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Born November 12, 1889, in St. Paul, Minnesota, DeWitt Wallace was the son of a Presbyterian minister.
		During World War I, Wallace enlisted in the U.S. Army and was wounded in the Verdun offensive.
		Wallace showed his sample magazine to Lila Bell Acheson, sister of an old college friend, who encouraged his dream.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAI5V.HTM (457 words)

	DeWitt Wallace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		'''DeWitt Wallace''' (November 12, 1889 -- March 30, 1981, otherwise known as William Roy) was a United States magazine publisher.
		He co-founded Reader's Digest with his wife Lila Wallace and published the first issue in 1922.
		Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, where his father was on the faculty (and later president) of Macalester College, he attended Mount Hermon School as a youth (now Northfield Mount Hermon).
	dewitt-wallace.iqnaut.net (274 words)

	My Family
		WALLACE WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE "NEW SCHOOL" MOVEMENT OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND IN 1848 WAS APPOINTED EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW.
		She was married to REVEREND WILLIAM RADCLIFFE DEWITT on 15 Mar 1825.
		Children were: COLONEL WILLIAM RADCLIFFE DEWITT M.D. was born in 1849.
	members.fortunecity.com /kgoofy7/d103.htm (957 words)

	John Lessesne DeWitt, Lieutenant General, United States Army
		Born at Fort Sidney, Nebraska, January 9, 1880, the son of Calvin DeWitt, and the brother of Calvin DeWitt, Jr.
		His son, John Lessesne DeWitt, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (1904-1982) and his wife, Annie Sue Dewitt (1907-1996) are buried in an adjacent gravesite.
		DeWitt was also responsible for outfitting 275,000 men for the Civilian Conservation Corps within a period of approximately seven weeks the quickest peace time mobilization on record.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jldewitt.htm (902 words)

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		DeWitt native Jo McDougall has been selected to receive the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame Award for 2006.
		When they began the 2006 season, the DeWitt Dragonettes expected to better last year’s effort of reaching the first round of the state Class AAA tournament.
		Contestants had to be students at DeWitt High School and have a 2.0 GPA.
	www.dewitt-ee.com /articles/2006/05/03/news/news03.txt (474 words)

	Wallace Foundation Mission Statement - New York Times
		The Wallace Foundation is an independent, national private foundation established by DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace, the founders of The Reader’s Digest Association.
		Once their livelihood was secured, Lila and DeWitt were able to direct their energy and wealth to their first love: helping people.
		Lila was devoted to the arts, from the visual to the performing, and during her lifetime her name became associated with support for many of the nation’s great arts and cultural institutions.
	www.nytimes.com /ref/college/collegespecial3/ll_wallacemission.html (402 words)

	The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
		The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum is home to an extensive collection of American and English antiques, including furniture, textiles, tools, firearms, ceramics, silver, pewter, and clothing from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
		The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, home of Colonial Williamsburg's exceptional collection of English and American antiques, delights and inspires visitors with a wide variety of traditional and trend-setting displays.
		In addition, the exhibition features how the facility was envisioned and constructed by renowned architect Kevin Roche, and provides an overview of the many exhibitions that have been on display since the museum first opened in 1985.
	www.history.org /History/museums/dewitt_gallery2.cfm (830 words)

	Wallace, Wilson DeWitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		"Wilson DeWitt Wallace, son of James and Sarah A. Marquam Wallace, was born in Lafayette, Ind., on November 19, 1838.
		He was elected judge of the Superior Court in 1894 and held the position until his death on Jan. 28, 1901.
		Judge Wallace wrote a great deal of both prose and verse during his life and enjoyed association with others of similar interest."
	www.wvu.edu /~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/wallace_wilson.html (228 words)

	ALA \| 1997 Crystal Apple Award presented to DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The 1997 American Association of School Librarians President's Crystal Apple Award is being presented to the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund for its vision and investment in school libraries through the National Library Power Program.
		The Crystal Apple Award is given at the discretion of the AASL president to an individual or group that has had significant impact on school libraries and students.
		DeWitt Wallace Reader's Digest Fund has invested $40 million, which has benefited 400,000 students nationwide.
	www.ala.org /ala/aaslbucket/1997crystalapple.htm (358 words)

	PND - - Newsmakers - M. Christine DeVita, President, Wallace Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The opportunity, says M. Christine DeVita, president of the recently rechristened Wallace Foundation, an independent private foundation established by DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace, the founders of the Reader's Digest Association, is in being able to fund something that touches peoples lives on a daily basis.
		DeVita joined the DeWitt Wallace and Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds in November 1987 as executive director and was named president of the Funds in June 1989.
		Philanthropy News Digest: Chris, the Wallace Funds have articulated three broad, strategic directions for the next decade or so: developing effective educational leaders to improve student learning; providing high-quality informal learning opportunities for children, families, and communities; and promoting new standards of practice to increase participation in the arts.
	foundationcenter.org /pnd/newsmakers/nwsmkr.jhtml?id=39100055 (4180 words)

	Wallace DeWitt, Brigadier General, United States Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He was a student at Princeton (1894-95), and received an M.D. degree from the University of Maryland in 1900.
		He was the brother of Calvin DeWitt, Jr.
		The DeWitt Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is named in his honor.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /wdewitt.htm (148 words)

	My Family
		Children were: WALLACE DEWITT, LESESNE DEWITT, MARY WALLACE DEWITT.
		He was married to MARY ELIZABETH WALLACE on 15 Mar 1825.
		Children were: COLONEL WILLIAM RADCLIFFE DEWITT M.D. He was married to JULIA A. was born on 5 Dec 1826 in HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA.
	members.fortunecity.com /kgoofy7/d28.htm (1133 words)

	History of The Wallace Foundation \| The Wallace Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Wallace Foundation, nationally recognized for its involvement in educational and cultural programs, traces its origins back a half century to the philanthropic impulses of DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace, founders of The Reader’s Digest Association.
		Giving freely of their time and of the wealth amassed from the company they founded, both led lives of service through their support of a range of causes, especially in the arts and education.
		In 2003, the two separate foundations were legally merged and renamed The Wallace Foundation, with headquarters in New York City.
	www.wallacefoundation.org /WF/AboutUs/Introduction/History.htm (487 words)

	The Wallace Foundation – Education Leadership & Arts Participation
		Nine Chicago arts organizations receive excellence award grants totaling $2.9 miilion from The Wallace Foundation to pioneer effective participation-building practices.
		A new RAND study, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation, describes strategies that can build public and governmental support for state arts agencies.
		The Wallace Foundation welcomes Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. to its out-of-school learning initiative with grants totaling up to $24 million.
	www.wallacefoundation.org /default.htm (210 words)

	Wallace Family Crest
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Wallace coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
		We encourage you to study the Wallace genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/wallace-family-crest.htm (609 words)

	Wallace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wallace is a surname, of Scottish origin (see Clan Wallace), and may refer to
		Chris Wallace (journalist), a newscaster at NBC and Fox News, the son of Mike Wallace
		William Wallace (professor) a professor at the London School of Economics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wallace (498 words)

	DeWitt_JoelRachelMairs.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Joel DeWitt, M.D., a resident of Bowman Township, was born in Jackson County, W. Va., in 1816, and is the son of Thomas and Mary M. Buffington DeWitt.
		Family traditions have taught me that the town of DeWitt, MO in Carroll County, MO was named after Dr. Joel DeWitt but I do not have any confirmation of this legend.
		DeWitt, MO is located in the center of this 1895 map.
	www.bergen.org /ACADEMY/Bio/DEWITT/DeWitt_JoelRachelMairs.html (3738 words)

	Reader's Digest, America in your pocket
		Such a quirky title it is indeed, a magazine that many years later still carries the larger-than-life imprints of DeWitt and Lila Wallace, who founded the magazine in 1922 as a handy digest of articles they thought worth reading from the nation's then-leading titles.
		The Wallaces built a fortune on their simple idea, a sort of better mousetrap of information-gathering in a decade when the notion of efficiency was coming into vogue.
		But that huge wealth inhibited change, and today the Reader's Digest doesn't look all that different than it did 20 years ago, or even 40 years ago, when it could be found in every barbershop in America, in an era when men still regularly visited such places.
	www.medialifemagazine.com /news2001/aug01/aug20/1_mon/news4monday.html (794 words)

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