Charles G. Coulon (Feb. 16, 1825-Feb. 2, 1881). Coulon was born in Goettingen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1847 to avoid military service and moved from Boston to Indianapolis in… Read More »Charles G. Coulon
William (Bill) Crawford (June 26, 1917-Oct. 3, 1968). A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Crawford spent most of his youth in Wilmette, Illinois. A graduate of Beloit College in Wisconsin, he completed meteorological training… Read More »William (Bill) Crawford
John D. Defrees (Nov. 8, 18l0-Oct. 19, 1882). Born in Sparta, Tennessee, Defrees was eight years old when his family moved to Ohio. At 13 he was apprenticed to a printer and later… Read More »John D. Defrees
John Douglass (Nov. 12, 1787-Aug. 9, 1851). Douglass moved to Vevay, Indiana, from Philadelphia in 1820. He had learned the printing trade as an apprentice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s.… Read More »John Douglass
Jacob Piatt Dunn Jr. (Apr. 12, 1855-June 6, 1924). Born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Dunn came with his parents to Indianapolis in 1861 and attended the city’s public schools. A precocious student, he graduated from… Read More »Jacob Piatt Dunn Jr.
William A. Dyer Jr. (Oct. 23, 1902-Mar. 21, 1993). Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated at Brown University, William Dyer worked as director of general advertising for the Syracuse (N.Y.) Journal before coming… Read More »William A. Dyer Jr.
Maurice Early (June 14, 1890-Feb. 5, 1954). A political writer for three decades, Early had more than an ordinary influence on the public scene because his column, “The Day in Indiana,” appeared… Read More »Maurice Early
Robert P. Early (Oct. 3, 1905-Aug. 7, 1987). Managing editor of the Indianapolis Star from 1946 to 1979, Early was a crusading editor who directed investigations of government wrongdoing. Born in Indianapolis, he… Read More »Robert P. Early
Frank Allyn Edwards (Aug 4, 1908-June 23, 1967). Frank Allyn Edwards was born in Mattoon, Illinois, and grew up in Sullivan, Illinois, and New Albany, Indiana. His broadcasting career began in 1923 when… Read More »Frank Allyn Edwards
M. Stanton Evans (July 20, 1934-Mar. 3, 2015). M. Stanton Evans was a leading young conservative journalist in the late 1950s, looking like another William F. Buckley, a leading conservative personality. Indianapolis newspaper… Read More »M. Stanton Evans
