Henry Doorly

(1879-1961) lived in Omaha. Newspaper publisher, served with Omaha World Herald from 1903 to 1960, a period when daily circulation grew from 30,000 to 253,000 and employees from 120 to 750 persons; after 1934 he was publisher and originator of several civic improvement projects, including a statewide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort, a plan adopted nationally by daily newspapers, and an effort that earned the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize in 1943 for meritorious public service; promoted campaigns that also led to opening of a children's hospital and recognition of soil conservation programs. Consult Omaha World Herald, May 4, 1943, pp. 1, 4 and Newsweek, July 19, 1948, p. 50 and Time, September 5, 1955, p. 76 and New York Times obituary, July 27, 1961, p. 33.

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