About Jackson W. Tarver
Lived 1917 – 1999 (aged 82). Jackson W. Tarver was a businessperson.
Jackson Williams Tarver Sr. (March 2, 1917 – March 22, 1999) was a publisher in Atlanta. He published the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the 1960s and was Chairman of the Associated Press from 1977 to 1983. Mercer University awards a scholarship in his honor. He was also an executive at Cox Enterprises.
He was born in Savannah, Georgia.
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Who was Jackson W. Tarver?
American publisher
When was Jackson W. Tarver born?
Jackson W. Tarver was born on 2 March 1917.
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Jackson W. Tarver died on 22 March 1999.
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Jackson W. Tarver was a businessperson.
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