Founder of The Newark Evening News in 1883, one of New Jersey's leading newspapers until its demise in the 1970's.
A New Jersey native whose Puritan ancestors first set foot on American shores in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and whose New Jersey forbears predated the American Revolution, Wallace Scudder was born to the Hon. Edward W. Scudder of the NJ State Supreme Court, and the former Mary Louisa Drake, the daughter of another NJ State Supreme Court justice. On October 27, 1880, he married Ida V. Quinby, the daughter of a Newark mayor, with whom he had three children: the infant James, who died in 1884, Antoinette, born in 1888, and Edward, born four years later. The couple's 23-year marriage ended with Ida's death in 1903. Three years later he married his second wife, the former Gertrude Witherspoon, daughter of the Rev. Orlando Witherspoon; Wallace M. Scudder Jr., his son and namesake, was born of this second marriage in 1911.
Educated as a mechanical engineer, Scudder practiced law before entering the field of journalism. A philanthropist and civic leader, he vigorously employed his Renaissance talents for the public good, promoting history, the arts, and public education. After his death at age 77, the Newark Evening News continued to be published by his descendants. By the 1970's, however, it was surpassed by its rival, the Newark Star Ledger, which continues to be New Jersey's largest newspaper.
A New Jersey native whose Puritan ancestors first set foot on American shores in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and whose New Jersey forbears predated the American Revolution, Wallace Scudder was born to the Hon. Edward W. Scudder of the NJ State Supreme Court, and the former Mary Louisa Drake, the daughter of another NJ State Supreme Court justice. On October 27, 1880, he married Ida V. Quinby, the daughter of a Newark mayor, with whom he had three children: the infant James, who died in 1884, Antoinette, born in 1888, and Edward, born four years later. The couple's 23-year marriage ended with Ida's death in 1903. Three years later he married his second wife, the former Gertrude Witherspoon, daughter of the Rev. Orlando Witherspoon; Wallace M. Scudder Jr., his son and namesake, was born of this second marriage in 1911.
Educated as a mechanical engineer, Scudder practiced law before entering the field of journalism. A philanthropist and civic leader, he vigorously employed his Renaissance talents for the public good, promoting history, the arts, and public education. After his death at age 77, the Newark Evening News continued to be published by his descendants. By the 1970's, however, it was surpassed by its rival, the Newark Star Ledger, which continues to be New Jersey's largest newspaper.
Founder of The Newark Evening News in 1883, one of New Jersey's leading newspapers until its demise in the 1970's.
A New Jersey native whose Puritan ancestors first set foot on American shores in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and whose New Jersey forbears predated the American Revolution, Wallace Scudder was born to the Hon. Edward W. Scudder of the NJ State Supreme Court, and the former Mary Louisa Drake, the daughter of another NJ State Supreme Court justice. On October 27, 1880, he married Ida V. Quinby, the daughter of a Newark mayor, with whom he had three children: the infant James, who died in 1884, Antoinette, born in 1888, and Edward, born four years later. The couple's 23-year marriage ended with Ida's death in 1903. Three years later he married his second wife, the former Gertrude Witherspoon, daughter of the Rev. Orlando Witherspoon; Wallace M. Scudder Jr., his son and namesake, was born of this second marriage in 1911.
Educated as a mechanical engineer, Scudder practiced law before entering the field of journalism. A philanthropist and civic leader, he vigorously employed his Renaissance talents for the public good, promoting history, the arts, and public education. After his death at age 77, the Newark Evening News continued to be published by his descendants. By the 1970's, however, it was surpassed by its rival, the Newark Star Ledger, which continues to be New Jersey's largest newspaper.
A New Jersey native whose Puritan ancestors first set foot on American shores in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and whose New Jersey forbears predated the American Revolution, Wallace Scudder was born to the Hon. Edward W. Scudder of the NJ State Supreme Court, and the former Mary Louisa Drake, the daughter of another NJ State Supreme Court justice. On October 27, 1880, he married Ida V. Quinby, the daughter of a Newark mayor, with whom he had three children: the infant James, who died in 1884, Antoinette, born in 1888, and Edward, born four years later. The couple's 23-year marriage ended with Ida's death in 1903. Three years later he married his second wife, the former Gertrude Witherspoon, daughter of the Rev. Orlando Witherspoon; Wallace M. Scudder Jr., his son and namesake, was born of this second marriage in 1911.
Educated as a mechanical engineer, Scudder practiced law before entering the field of journalism. A philanthropist and civic leader, he vigorously employed his Renaissance talents for the public good, promoting history, the arts, and public education. After his death at age 77, the Newark Evening News continued to be published by his descendants. By the 1970's, however, it was surpassed by its rival, the Newark Star Ledger, which continues to be New Jersey's largest newspaper.
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