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Ross M. Dick
Born(1912-10-04)October 4, 1912
Moline, Illinois, United States
DiedFebruary 3, 1994(1994-02-03) (aged 81)
Alma materBeloit College
OccupationJournalist
Years active1937–1978
EmployerThe Milwaukee Journal
OrganizationSociety of American Business Editors and Writers

Ross Melvin Dick (October 4, 1912 – February 3, 1994) was an American journalist who helped to found the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and served as the organization's fourth president.

Early life[edit]

Dick was born on October 4, 1912, in Moline, Illinois, to Frances and Ross C. Dick.[1][2] Ross, born January 21, 1884, in East Moline, was a machinist for Root & Vandervoort.[3][4][5] Dick had a brother, Donald R., and a sister, Barbara.[6] Barbara was born on November 26, 1922, in Moline.[7]

In 1923 the family moved to Clinton, Iowa, when Ross joined the Climax Engineering Company as a production engineer.[4][8] They moved to Beloit, Wisconsin, by 1926.[9]

Dick graduated from Beloit College in 1937, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.[10][11]

Career[edit]

Dick began his journalism career as the Beloit correspondent for the Star and Register-Republic in Rockford, Illinois.[10]

Dick joined The Milwaukee Journal in 1946, serving as the state news editor before becoming the business and financial editor later that year.[12][10] He retired in 1978.[10]

Dick helped found the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.[10] He served as the organization's treasurer in 1967, and fourth president in 1968.[11][13]

Dick and his wife, Shirley, traveled around South America on a Wisconsin trade mission in the 1960s.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Dick married Shirley Kretschmer on July 21, 1940, in the Delta Gamma sorority house at Beloit College in a ceremony presided over by college president Irving Maurer.[11][6] Shirley, born on July 21, 1914, graduated from Beloit College in 1936 with one of the first bachelor's degrees in archaeology/anthropology awarded to a woman in the United States.[11][14]

The couple lived in Dick's Rockford apartment until they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Dick started at the Journal in 1946.[6][14] They moved to Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in 1953.[14]

The couple had three children – daughters Susan and Mary, and son Ross.[14]

Dick died on February 3, 1994.[14] Shirley died on April 21, 2016, in Waupaca, Wisconsin.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "East Moline". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 35. October 5, 1912. p. 16. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Obituaries – Funerals". Independent. Vol. 32, no. 174. August 28, 1973. p. C-10. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Death Notices". Morning Democrat. Vol. 6, no. 169 (Quad-City ed.). Davenport, Iowa. June 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Ross Dick Joins Clinton Company". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 46 (5 O'clock ed.). August 18, 1923. p. 12. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "R. & V. Head Has Unrest Solution". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 46 (5 O'clock ed.). December 1, 1919. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c "Chicago Girl Is Married to Ross Dick in Beloit". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 62. June 24, 1940. p. 13. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "In The Hospitals". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 45. November 22, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "East Moline and Silvis Personal". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 47 (5 O'clock ed.). September 11, 1924. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "East Moline and Silvis Personal". Moline Daily Dispatch. Vol. 48 (5 O'clock ed.). April 19, 1926. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Ross M. Dick, helped start writers group". Pottsville Rebublican. Vol. CCXIX, no. 84. Associated Press. February 5–6, 1994. p. 2 – via Newspaper.com.
  11. ^ a b c d "Kretschmer-Dick Nuptials Will Be Event of June 21". The Daily Times. Vol. LIV, no. 157. June 18, 1940. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b "Former Journal business editor dies". The Sheboygan Press. Vol. 87, no. 49. Associated Press. February 5, 1994. p. A7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "American Business Writers Elect New Slate of Officers". San Fernando Valley Times. Vol. 31, no. 116 (Home ed.). May 13, 1968. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Dick, Shirley Kretschmer". Waupaca County News. April 27, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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