DeWitt Wallace

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DeWitt Wallace was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Reader’s Digest.

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instanceOf human
magazine publisher
philanthropist
awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED
awardedBy Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED
burialPlace Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States NERFINISHED
coFounded Reader's Digest NERFINISHED
coFounderWith Lila Acheson Wallace NERFINISHED
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfAwardPresidentialMedalOfFreedom 1986-02-23
dateOfBirth 1889-11-12
dateOfDeath 1981-03-30
educatedAt Macalester College NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley
era 20th century
familyName Wallace NERFINISHED
fieldOfPhilanthropy education
journalism
public television
the arts
founded DeWitt Wallace Fund NERFINISHED
Lila Wallace–Reader's Digest Fund NERFINISHED
Reader's Digest Association NERFINISHED
fullName William Roy DeWitt Wallace NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName DeWitt NERFINISHED
Roy NERFINISHED
William
injuredIn World War I NERFINISHED
knownFor creating condensed articles format for Reader's Digest
language English
militaryService United States Army
notableFor building one of the world's largest-circulation magazines
notableWork Reader's Digest NERFINISHED
occupation editor
philanthropist
publisher
parentOrganizationOfWork Reader's Digest Association NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth St. Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mount Kisco, New York, United States NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Pleasantville, New York, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Lila Acheson Wallace NERFINISHED
supported anti-communist causes

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