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Wednesday, February 15, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Longtime Journal-World chairman Dolph Simons Sr., 84, dies in sleep
Source KU Weather Service
by Merceda Ares Kansan staff writer
Dalph Simons, Sr., chairman of the board of the World Company and the Lawrence Journal World, died in his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 84.
Bill Mayer, contributing editor for the Journal-World, said Mr. Simons had a good day Monday and had taken a five-mile walk early that morning. When Mrs. Simons went to awaken him yesterday, she discovered that he had died in his sleep. The cause of death was unknown.
Mayer, who worked with Mr. Simons for 39 years on the JournalWorld, said Mr. Simons was intensely interested in newspaper operations and was a frequent contributor to Journal-World news and editorials.
"There was no such thing as retirement for him," Mayer said. "I don't know of anybody who ever had more than two children in a difference. They only made one of him."
Mr. Simons grew up in Lawrence and was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1925.
Mr. Simons and his wife, Marie,
were married Feb. 16, 1929 and would
have celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary tomorrow.
Mr. Simons was a personal friend of William Allen White, who encouraged Mr. Simons to stay in the newspaper business, Mayer said. Mr. Simons was instrumental in establishment Allen White Foundation at KU
Del Brinkman, vice掌cler for academic affairs, said that he was a young assistant professor of journalism the 1970s when he first met Mr. Simons.
"He was quick to give me a word of encouragement," Brinkman said. "He was always interested in what you were doing personally. He was wise in his views about a lot of things."
Mr. Simons' father, W.C. Simons, founded the Journal-World in 1871. Mayer said Mr. Simons was involved in the newspaper business early and was a carrier for the Journal-World for seven years.
Mr. Simons was publisher of the Journal-World from 1944 to 1962 and was editor from 1950 to 1979.
He was president of the World Company from 1951 to 1969 and then became chairman of the World Company and the Journal World until his death.
The World Company is a corporation that operates the Journal-World, Sunflower Cablevision in Lawrence and Monsieur Cablevision in Fort Collins, Colo.
Mr. Simons also was involved in
activities outside of journalism.
He was one of only three people ever to serve as both the president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and University Endowment Association.
Fred Williams, executive director of the Alumni Association, said he knew Mr. Simons for five or six years.
"I'm pleased that I had the opportunity to know him." Williams said. "He's been a major driving force for the entire community."
Raymond Nichols, who was KU chancellor from 1972 to 1973, knew Mr. Simons when they were both KU students.
"I knew him for 60 years," Nichols said. "He was, in my judgment, one of the builders of Lawrence. He was a leader in a progressive way."
Mr. Simpson is survived by his wife, Marie; two sons, Dolph C. Simons Jr., editor and publisher of the Journal-World, and John Simons, a surgeon, of Scottdale, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothea Johnson, Wymore, Neb, and Mrs. Blanche Maloney, Tulsa, Okla.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence. The Warren Mortuary of Lawrence is in charge of services.
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