James Cline Quayle was an American

United States

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 newspaper publisher and businessman who owned several newspapers in the United States including the Huntington Herald-Press in Indiana and the Wickenburg Sun in Arizona

Arizona

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. He was the father of Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle

James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....

, the 44th Vice-President of the United States.

Quayle was born in Joliet, Illinois

Joliet, Illinois

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, the son of Robert H. and Marie Cline Quayle. He attended DePauw University

DePauw University

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, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon

Delta Kappa Epsilon

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. After graduating in 1943, Quayle joined the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

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 and served in an air transport wing in the Pacific Theater

Pacific Ocean theater of World War II

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 during World War II

World War II

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.

Family

After the war, Quayle married Corinne Pulliam, the daughter of wealthy newspaper publisher Eugene C. Pulliam

Eugene C. Pulliam

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, at Indiana University. Their marriage united two families that shared a strong passion for the newspaper business. Pulliam is the daughter of Eugene C. Pulliam, former owner of the Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News and the half-sister of Eugene S. Pulliam, for whom the school of journalism

Journalism

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 at Butler University

Butler University

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 is named. The couple would have four children including future Indiana Senator and U.S. Vice-President James Danforth "Dan" Quayle

Dan Quayle

James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....

, named after one of the elder Quayle's wartime comrades and fraternity brother.

Career

James Quayle entered the newspaper business serving as an advertising salesman for several Pulliam owned newspapers in Indiana

Indiana

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 and Ohio

Ohio

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 before joining the Huntington Herald-Press in Huntington, Indiana

Huntington, Indiana

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 in 1948. In 1955, Quayle moved his family to Arizona

Arizona

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 to manage public relations operations at the Arizona Republic and Gazette.

Publisher

In 1963, he became the publisher of the Huntington Herald-Press. He purchased the newspaper the following year and became chairman of Huntington Newspapers, Inc. He was publisher of that newspaper from 1963 to 1990, except for six years when he was publisher of the Muncie Star and Evening Press, beginning in 1972.

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