Media Wall Of Fame

 

KENNETH C. HOGATE '18

Inducted: DECEMBER 3, 1993

 

Kenneth Hogate, 1918 DePauw graduate, translated the journalistic courage and business integrity he saw in his father, who was a small town Indiana newspaper editor, into an eminently successful, 26-year effort to transform The Wall Street Journal into one of the nation’s most respected newspapers.

Mr. Hogate joined The Journal in 1921, at the age of 24, as chief of its Detroit news bureau. A year later, he was transferred to the paper’s New York office, and another year later he became its managing editor.

News was Mr. Hogate’s first and abiding love, but Dow Jones & Co., The Journal’s parent company, sought out Mr. Hogate’s business acumen and named him vice president in 1926 and general manager in 1928. He was elevated to the company’s presidency in 1933, guiding the paper through the Depression and World War II periods. He was, at the time of his death on February 11, 1947, chairman of the board of Dow Jones & Co.


Mr. Hogate in the 1918 Mirage
Mr. Hogate completed his education at DePauw in three and one-half years, graduating in February 1918, with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He was editor of The DePauw Daily and board member of the Mirage; was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi journalistic society, Kappa Phi Omicron Alpha and the Debate Squad; served on Student Council and YMCA cabinet; and played varsity football.

After college, Mr. Hogate served his alma mater for 12 years as a member of its Board of Trustees until 1941. That same year, Mr. Hogate was awarded the university’s first Old Gold Goblet and elected mayor of Scarsdale, New York.

A DePauw residence hall, Hogate Hall, was dedicated in Mr. Hogate’s memory in 1968.

 Mr. Hogate was born July 27, 1897, in Danville, Indiana, and grew up there.

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