Kilgore Counselor Program

For two weeks every semester, DePauw University student-journalists have the opportunity to work side-by-side with some of the nation's outstanding newspaper reporters, editors and managers. The program is made possible by the Kilgore Memorial Fund, which honors the legacy of Bernard Kilgore, a 1929 DePauw graduate who rose from a position as a reporter at the Wall Street Journal to become president of the board of the newpaper's parent, Dow Jones and Company. Kilgore, a member of DePauw's Board of Trustees who died in 1967, is credited with developing the Journal into the prominent national publication it remains today. The announcement of the fund was made in 1969 by Buren McCormack, executive vice president of Dow Jones and chairman of the Kilgore Memorial Fund committee. Paul Miller, president of Gannett Newspapers and the Associated Press; J. Montgomery Curtis, vice president of Knight Newspapers; John M. McClelland, editor and publisher of the Daily News of Longview, Washington; Turner Catledge, vice president of the New York Times, and Robert M. White II, publisher of the Ledger of Mexico, Missouri, were the committee's other members. The Kilgore Counselors work with students as they produce The DePauw student newspaper, bringing long professional experience on editorial matters as well as leading informal sessions on the principles of newspapering. Some portions of the fund are also used to support travel for student journalists and to maintain and enhance facilities in the Publications Building, where Kilgore worked as student editor at DePauw.