William Chesley Worthington

William Chesley Worthington was as an editor of The Providence Journal and the Brown Alumni Monthly.

Early life

Born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Worthington attended Brown University. As a student, Worthington edited The Brown Daily Herald, cofounded The Brown Jug, joined Delta Upsilon, and was the president of his graduating class. Afterwards, he attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and won a Pulitzer traveling fellowship to Europe. Career Worthington served as an editor of the Providence Journal, then as editor of the Brown Alumni Monthly from 1931 to 1968. He was president of the American Alumni Council at Brown University, which eventually became the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and was a founder of the organization that first published The Chronicle of Higher Education.