George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 – October 22, 1937 [1]) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the Rev. George Lorimer and Belle Burford Lorimer. He attended Moseley High School in Chicago, Colby College, and Yale University.[2] In 1899 he became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post[3], and remained in charge until 1936, about a year before his death from throat cancer.[1] He served also as vice president, president, and chairman of Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Post.
The remains of Lorimer's estate in Wyncote, Pennsylvania is now the campus of Ancillae Assumpta Academy. Most of Lorimer Park, a 213-acre (0.86 km2) public park located in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, was a bequest from the Lorimer family to the citizens of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
References
- ^ a b Friedrich, Otto. Decline and Fall. Harper and Row, 1970, p. 10
- ^ Catherine Hanley, George Horace Lorimer. 2006.
- ^ SaturdayEveningPost.com
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