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Willard Monroe Kiplinger (January 8, 1891-August 6, 1967) was best known as the founder of Kiplinger, a publishing company located in Washington, D.C..

Kiplinger was born in the Lake Township of Logan County, Ohio to parents Clarence E. and Cora Miller Kiplinger.^[1] He grew up on the north side of Columbus, Ohio. As a high school upperclassman he was editor of the school newspaper where one of the illustrators was Dudley Fisher. He attended Ohio State University from 1908 until 1912 and was a member of Sigma Pi Fraternity. He and Ray Evans would recruit Fisher into the fraternity.^[2] While at OSU he was editor of the school newspaper, The Lantern.^[3] When he graduated he was one of the first two journalism graduates from the school. His first job after graduation in 1913 was with the Ohio State Journal.^[4]

On June 20, 1914, he married his first wife, Irene Austin of Toledo, in Lucas County, Ohio.^[5] She introduced him to Unitarianism and he would be a member of the church for the rest of his life.^[6] Their first child, a daughter name Jane Austin, died shortly after birth in 1916.^[7] They would have a son named Austin^[8] and a daughter named Jane Ann^[9] before divorcing. He married his second wife, Lillian "LaVerne" Colwell, in Harrisonburg, Virginia on May 18, 1936.^[10] They would have a daughter named Bonnie.^[11]

He moved to Washington, D.C. in 1916 where he worked for the Associated Press.^[12] He and his family attended All Souls Unitarian Church, which was the same church William Taft attended.^[6] He started the company Kiplinger in 1920 as an "intelligence bureau" for out-of-town banks and businesses. He started The Kiplinger Letter in 1923 and in 1947 began publishing Kiplinger Magazine.^[3]

In 1942 he published a book titled Washington Is Like That which focused on the inner organization of the federal government.^[13]

In 1952 he played a large role in soliciting funds and local business support to help educational television station WETA-TV begin operations.^[4]

Kiplinger's son Austin H. Kiplinger succeeded him as head of the publishing company.

Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism is an award given by the National Press Foundation in his honor.^[14]

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1. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRYW-9ZVM?cc=1932106&wc=Q633-9QX%3A227588901%2C227608401|title=Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003|publisher=State of Ohio}}
2. ^{{cite magazine|last=Upp|first=James R.|date=May 1953|volume=40|number=1|magazine=The Emerald of Sigma Pi|title=The Dudley Fisher Memorial Room|pages=3–5|url=http://www.enivation.com/SigmaPi/Archive/Emerald/1953/SP_EMERALD_VOL_40_NO_1_MAY_1953.pdf}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.kiplingerprogram.org/kiplinger/about_us.html|title=Who we are|publisher=Kiplinger Programs}}
4. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/w-m-kiplinger/ |title=Kiplinger, W.M. (1891-1967)|publisher=Harvard Square Library}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ3Z-HQ?cc=1614804&wc=Q6SP-FJW%3A121350501%2C122742001 |title=Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013|publisher=State of Ohio}}
6. ^¹{{cite book | title=Notable American Unitarians 1936-1961 | publisher=Harvard Square Library | issue= | year=2007 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w5vIopoWMaUC&pg=PA130 | accessdate=February 14, 2018 | pages=129-130}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7RH-Y5F |title=District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961|publisher=District of Columbia}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R69-ZGB?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-FN5%3A1036474401%2C1036474402%2C1036476301%2C1589335528|title=United States Census, 1920|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-MQHW?cc=2000219&wc=QZXY-3W7%3A790106001%2C792965401%2C793722401%2C793782901|title=United States Census, 1940|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7M-M9N|title=Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940|publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-CLDS?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-FQR%3A790103401%2C791830401%2C797047201%2C952161201|title=United States Census, 1940|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBLD-3JT?cc=1968530&wc=9FHW-2NP%3A928310901%2C928398701 |title=United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/w-m-kiplinger/washington-is-like-that/ |title=Washington Is Like That|publisher=Kirkus Review}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://nationalpress.org/awards/kiplinger-distinguished-contributions-to-journalism/ |title=W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award|publisher=National Press Foundation}}

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