W. M. Kiplinger

Willard Monroe Kiplinger (January 8, 1891-1967) was best known as the founder of Kiplinger, a publishing company located in Washington, D.C..

Kiplinger was born in the Lake Township of Logan County, Ohio to parents Clarence E. and Cora Miller Kiplinger. He grew up on the north side of Columbus, Ohio. As a high school upperclassman he was editor of the school newspaper where one of the illustrators was Dudley Fisher. He attended Ohio State University from 1908 until 1912 and was a member of Sigma Pi Fraternity. He and Ray Evans would recruit Fisher into the fraternity.

On June 20, 1914, he married his first wife, Irene Austin of Toledo, in Lucas County, Ohio. Their first child, a daughter name Jane Austin, died shortly after birth in 1916. They would have a son named Austin and a daughter named Jane Ann before divorcing. He married his second wife, Lillian "LaVerne" Colwell, in Harrisonburg, Virginia on May 18, 1936. They would have a daughter named Bonnie.

He moved to Washington, D.C. in 1916 where he worked for the Associated Press. He started the company Kiplinger by 1920.

Kiplinger's son Austin H. Kiplinger succeeded him as head of the publishing company.

Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism is an award given by the National Press Foundation in his honor.

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