Dick Durrell

Richard J. "Dick" Durrell (ca. 1925 – March 7, 2008) was an American advertising executive and one of the founding staff members for People magazine.¹

Durrell turned down an offer to play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in order to attend the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1948.¹

For most of his career, he worked for Time Inc., retiring in 1983.¹ In his retirement years, he occasionally taught a course titled "Magazine Publication and Related Communications" at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.²

He was married to Jacquelyn Durrell, a former Connecticut State Representative and First Selectman of Fairfield.¹

References

Creswell, Julie (2008-03-08). "Richard J. Durrell, First Publisher of People Magazine, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
"1994-1996 Graduate Catalog". DigitalCommons@SHU. Sacred Heart University. 1994. Retrieved 2025-12-02.

[nytimes-1] Creswell, Julie (2008-03-08). "Richard J. Durrell, First Publisher of People Magazine, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2025-12-02.

[gradcatalog-2] "1994-1996 Graduate Catalog". DigitalCommons@SHU. Sacred Heart University. 1994. Retrieved 2025-12-02.

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