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Caption: Dedication - Editor's Hall of Fame
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llilllllilllll'ltlllllllllliilllllMlllllllllllilhlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllMlllllllllllMllirllllllllMIMMIrlllHJIHIIIIIillllllllHIII VICTOR F R E M O N T L A W S O N Victor Fremont Lawson was born in Chicago, September 9, 1850, and died in Chicago, August 19, 1925. He was elected to the Hall October 12, 1928—Election 1. He was educated at public schools and at Phillips Andover Academy. When his father died in 1873 Lawson took over management of certain property which included the plant of The Daily Skandinaven. In this plant Melville E. Stone launched The Chicago Daily News on Christmas day in 1875. After a few months Stone sold an interest in the paper to Lawson and Stone remained as editor. In 1881 the morning edition of the News was launched, to be known after a short time as the Record. When Stone left the News in 1888 Lawson became editor as well as publisher and he continued so through thirty-seven years of distinguished service to his city, country, and newspaper. His importance in the establishment of the Associated Press was second only to that of Melville E. Stone and he served as president of the organization during much of the period in which Stone was manager. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Columbia University and the University of Michigan. [Page 29
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