KENNETH-TOMLINSON-Obituary

KENNETH Y. TOMLINSON

Washington, District of Columbia

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TOMLINSON KENNETH YOUNG TOMLINSON Kenneth Young Tomlinson, 69, of Middleburg, Virginia died on May 1, 2014 at Winchester Medical Center. In a 28-year career at Reader's Digest, he rose to the position of Editor-in-Chief in 1989. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Tomlinson Director of...

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My Best Director & also my Best Friend

One of the good guys. RIP [from a fellow Reaganaut]

Still remember him as a litle boy. Katherine, I am so glad you are close to his children.

Remembering Ken (and Rebecca) Tomlinson in 2022. Gone but not forgotten.

Remembering KYT. A good man. There are never enough good men and hard to replace when their time is done. Rest In Peace.

The Greatest Director of Voice of America & my friend

Those were the days at VOA.

Sweet Memories - Johnson Mountain Boys at the Birchmere, Jesse Helms and moonshine, getting a paint job on car before returning to RD, the notebook Mel and I kept on Ken's "sayings", Ken's church bulletin I kept with notes in the margins, Ken's passions: Rebecca.Will and Lucas, our country, bluegrass and horses. Thanks for the memories.

A good man. There are never enough good men.

Will never forget the great adventure from 1982-84 at VOA when I had the privilege of working with Director Ken Tomlinson in the incredible transformation of our Agency and the USSR Division.
The following quote captures, better than my feeble words could, the essence of Ken Tomlinson and why he will be remembered.

It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who...