Austin H. Kiplinger

[6] He was a member of the Cornell University Glee Club, Quill and Dagger, and Phi Beta Kappa, graduating in 1939.

[9] Following a stint in the United States Navy during World War II, he helped his father found the publication now known as Kiplinger's Personal Finance, first published in 1947, before relocating to Chicago in 1948 to work as a columnist for the Chicago Journal of Commerce and political newscaster for networks ABC and NBC.

The magazine, today edited by his son Knight (who is president and chairman of KWE),is the longest continually published personal finance publication in the United States.

[citation needed] In 1958 Kiplinger and his wife restored Montevideo, an 1830 home in Seneca, Maryland, and the centerpiece today of a 400-acre working farm near the Potomac River.

[citation needed] The historic house and 25 acres are owned today by his son Knight, while Austin retained ownership of most of the farmland.