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Gordon M. Philpott
Gordon M. Philpott (1894-1965) was a Canadian-born author.
Born on February 1, 1894 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he first met William H. Danforth in Northern Canada in August 1914...view moreGordon M. Philpott (1894-1965) was a Canadian-born author.
Born on February 1, 1894 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he first met William H. Danforth in Northern Canada in August 1914, whilst a student at McMaster University at the time and working as a government fire ranger during the summer holidays. It was an experience which Philpott claims changed the entire course of his life. When he returned to college in the fall, he received a letter from Mr. Danforth, enclosing some snapshots and praising him, and found himself writing to Mr. Danforth in St. Louis as often as he wrote to his own family. Through Danforth’s encouragement, Philpott’s grades in his senior year far surpassed any in his previous four years at college, having given him a new incentive to study.
Philpott spent four years in France with the Canadian Field Artillery, and when America entered the war, Danforth visited him; their correspondence continued after the war, and Danforth advised Philpott to get into writing, offering him a position in his advertising department in St. Louis, Missouri. There, Danforth was guiding a rapidly expanding Ralston Purina Company, and for more than thirty-five years Philpott was associated with Danforth in business; he traveled all over the world, and continued to be challenged by him and encouraged to make his own dreams come true.
Philpott married Drew Wilson in 1931 in Owensboro, Kentucky, and the couple had two children, Ann and Gordon Wilson.
He died in Kirkwood, St. Louis, Missouri on January 13, 1965, aged 70.view less