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Walter Edward Hussman, Sr. (July 20, 1906 – July 2, 1988), was a mass media magnate from Camden, Arkansas, whose holdings included six daily newspapers in Arkansas, several radio and television stations, including the NBC outlet KTAL-TV in Texarkana, Texas, and seventeen cable systems in four states. ==Early years, education, military== Hussman was born in Bland, a community in Gasconade County in central Missouri. He dropped out of high school, but returned at the age of twenty-one to complete his secondary education. He then enrolled at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, one of the nation's premier journalism schools. Hussman met his future wife, the former Betty Palmer (September 28, 1911-January 1990), at the University of Missouri. The couple married on Christmas Eve 1931. She was the daughter from the second marriage of Clyde E. Palmer (1876–1957), who launched the Palmer newspaper chain beginning with the acquisition of the ''Texarkana Gazette'' in 1933. There were five Palmer papers. At the university, Hussman also established a lifelong friendship with his fraternity brother and college roommate, Donald W. "Don" Reynolds (September 23, 1906 - April 2, 1993), who would assemble his own newspaper chain centered about the ''Fort Smith'' ''Southwest Times Record''. After Betty and Walter wed, he sold insurance for a while but then went to work for his father-in-law. He was the business manager of the ''Texarkana Gazette'' from 1936 to 1942, when he entered the military. Walter and Betty Hussman moved to Hot Springs, the seat of Garland County, to rescue the ailing ''Sentinel Record'', which had been foreclosed by creditors. To resolve the crisis, Hussman launched an annual "mail-it-away" edition by which subscribers and Hot Springs residents paid to have a copy of one issue of the ''Sentinel Record'' mailed to friends and acquaintances around the country. This activity served to publicize Hot Springs as a tourist destination and to move the newspaper toward solvency. In 1974, the ''Sentinel Record'' secured two national awards from the Canadian and National Newspaper Associations. During World War II, Hussman, though he was past thirty-five, entered the United States Army. He and Don Reynolds coedited ''Yank Magazine'' for distribution to U.S. forces in Europe. Hussman also worked to procure newsprint for the military. He was in Paris when it was liberated by the Third Army of general George S. Patton, Jr. He served from June 1942 to February 1945. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter E. Hussman, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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