Laurence L. Winship
Born(1890-02-19)February 19, 1890
Somerville, Massachusetts, US
DiedMarch 3, 1975(1975-03-03) (aged 85)
Marlborough, Massachusetts, US
Alma materHarvard College
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor
EmployerThe Boston Globe
SpouseRuth Spindler
Children3, including Thomas Winship
Parent
RelativesGeorge Parker Winship (brother)

Laurence Leathe Winship (February 19, 1890 – March 3, 1975) was an American journalist who served as editor of The Boston Globe from 1955 until 1965.

Biography

Winship was born in 1890 in Somerville, Massachusetts.[1] His father was an editor of the Journal of Education.[2] The younger Winship attended Somerville Latin School and graduated from Harvard College in 1911.[3] He joined The Boston Globe in 1912, was married in 1915, and served in the United States Army during World War I.[2]

Back with the Globe, Winship rose quickly through the ranks to become editor of the Sunday edition.[4] He was named managing editor in 1937, and became editor in 1955.[3][4] Named editor by publisher William Davis Taylor, Winship was the first person to hold that title other than prior publishers (Taylor's father and grandfather) in 75 years.[5][6]: 447 

During Winship's tenure as editor, the Globe rose from third to first in the competitive field of what was then eight Boston newspapers.[3] He served as editor until September 1965, when he retired from the role while continuing to write for the paper.[3] He was succeeded as editor by his son Thomas, who served as editor until 1984.[7]

Winship and his wife, Ruth, had two sons and a daughter; they lived in Sudbury, Massachusetts.[4] Winship died in 1975 at a hospital in neighboring Marlborough, Massachusetts.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Draft Registration Card". Selective Service System. June 1917. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via fold3.com.
  2. ^ a b "LLW—a 'tough-minded and tender-hearted' Globe editor". The Boston Globe. March 4, 1975. p. 16. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d "Editor of The Globe L. L. Winship Retires". The Boston Globe. September 14, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c "'Larry' Winship Charted Paths to Modern Newspaper". The Boston Globe. September 14, 1965. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Driscoll Jr., Edgar J. (February 20, 2002). "Davis Taylor, publisher for a turbulent era". The Boston Globe. p. A10. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Lyons, Lewis Martin (1971). Newspaper Story: One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
  7. ^ Martin, Douglas (March 15, 2002). "Thomas Winship, Ex-Editor of Boston Globe, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Laurence L. Winship, 85, dies; longtime editor of The Globe". The Boston Globe. March 4, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
Preceded byWilliam O. Taylor Editor of The Boston Globe 1955–1965 Succeeded byThomas Winship
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