Laurence L. Winship

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
FatherAlbert Edward Winship
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 by Editor of The Boston Globe
1955–1965 		Succeeded by