James C. Quayle

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James Cline Quayle (May 25, 1921 - July 7, 2000) was an American newspaper publisher and businessman who owned several newspapers in the United States including the Huntingdon Herald-Press in Indiana and the Wickenburg Sun in Arizona. He was the father of Dan Quayle, the 44th Vice-President of the United States.

Quayle was born in Joliet, Illinois, the son of Robert H. and Marie Cline Quayle. After graduating from DePauw University in 1943, Quayle joined the United States Marine Corps and served in an air transport wing in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

After the war, Quayle married Corrine Pulliam, the daughter of wealthy newspaper publisher Eugene C. Pulliam. The couple would have four children including future Vice-President James Danforth "Dan" Quayle, named after one of the elder Quayle's wartime comrades.

Quayle entered the newspaper business serving as an advertising salesman for several Pulliam owned newspapers in Indiana and Ohio before joining the Huntington Herald-Press in Huntington, Indiana in 1948.

In 1955, Quayle moved his family to Arizona to manage public relations operations at the Arizona Republic and Gazette. In 1963, he became the publisher of the Huntington Herald-Press. He purchased the newspaper the following year and became chairman of Huntington Newspapers, Inc.

After retiring, Quayle lived in Sun City West, Arizona. He died there in 2000 at the age of 79.