| J. E. D. Meador, Metro executive, was born in Bonneville, Ind., and was
educated at Culver Military Academy and the University of Chicago. Mr. Meador
has had considerable experience as a newspaper writer, serving in turn with
the St. Joseph, Mo., Gazette as Sporting Editor, in Paris, France, on the
Paris Edition of the N. Y. Herald, on the Chicago Tribune and Record-Herald,
and on the New York Sun, Herald and World. On time two latter newspapers
he wrote dramatic news. During 1914 and 1915 he was correspondent in the
war zone for both the London and New York Times. Mr. Meador has been in
charge of Publicity and Advertising for Metro Pictures Corporation since
the end of the war. He has contributed stories and special articles to Century,
Colliers and Saturday Evening Post. |