EUGENE S. PULLIAM '35

Inducted: DECEMBER 1, 1995

Upon graduating from DePauw University in 1935, Eugene S. Pulliam worked for United Press International in Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo for two years and then joined WTRE Radio in Indianapolis as news editor in 1937. His career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served four years in the Navy.

After, Pulliam worked at both The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News before being promoted to assistant publisher of both newspapers in 1962. In1975, he became publisher of the Star and the News and in 1979 also became president of Phoenix Newspapers Incorporated which publishes The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette. Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc. also owns newspapers in Muncie, Noblesville and Vincennes, Indiana. Pulliam now serves as executive vice president of Central Newspapers Incorporated and publisher of Indianapolis Newspapers Incorporated.

Eugene S. Pulliam is a member of the Indiana Academy of Associated Colleges and serves as a life trustee of DePauw University. He also sits on the board of the Riley Memorial Association, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He is an adviser to the board of St. Vincent Hospital.

Pulliam, a Rector Scholar, completed his education at DePauw with a Bachelor of Arts in history. While a student, he was the editor of the school newspaper and served as president of Sigma Delta Chi, an international journalism organization founded at DePauw. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Eugene S. Pulliam’s children, Myrta and Russ, have continued in the Pulliam family journalism tradition.

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