DeWitt Wallace

DeWitt Wallace
Wallace, c. 1960
Born
William Roy Dewitt Wallace

November 12, 1889
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMarch 30, 1981 (aged 91)
Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
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.

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