Mason, Julian Starkweather (1876-1954)

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Abigail (Abba) Bass to Jane Addams, July 1912

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, January 6, 1913

Illinois Progressive Service Committee List, ca. January 18, 1913

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Birth Date

1876-07-08

Death Date

1954

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

Biographical Text

Julian Mason attended Yale University, graduating in 1898, and then began working as a reporter for the Chicago Record-Herald. He was a member of the Illinois Progressive Service Committee. He was also the chief editorial writer of The Chicago Evening Post and served as the managing editor while filling in for W. K. McKay, eventually taking over the position permanently. In 1921 he became the managing editor of the New York Tribune.

Mason married Florence Grey in 1901. They had three children together. Mason died in 1954.

Occupation

Editor

Journalist

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People

Map

Edited By

DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1912

Bibliography and Links

1930 United States Federal Census

Editor and Publisher, vol. 54, issues 27-52, 1922, pp. 6, 22.

Find-a-Grave

SNAC

The Scoop, vol. 4, 1915, p. 795.

Citation

“Mason, Julian Starkweather (1876-1954),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3762.