DeWitt Wallace

DeWitt Wallace
Born
William Roy Dewitt Wallace

November 12, 1889
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
DiedMarch 30, 1981 (aged 91)
Alma materMacalester College
University of California, Berkeley
OccupationPublisher
Known forCo-founder of Reader's Digest
SpouseLila Bell Wallace
Parent(s)James Wallace and Janet Wallace

William Roy DeWitt Wallace (/dəˈwɪt/ də-WIT; November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1981), publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher.

Wallace co-founded Reader's Digest with his wife Lila Bell Wallace, publishing the first issue in 1922.[1]

  1. ^ "The Story of DeWitt Wallace: An Original Aggregator - Dewitt Wallace Center". Dewitt Wallace Center. Retrieved 2017-06-01.