Joseph T. Bayly
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Tate Bayly (5 April 1920, Germantown, Pennsylvania – 16 July 1986, Bartlett, Illinois), author and publishing executive. He was initial east coast staff director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, editor of His magazine, director of InterVarsity Press and president of David C. Cook Publishing Company of Elgin, Illinois (now Cook Communication Ministries of Colorado Springs, Colorado) at the time of his death.
Bayly earned his BA at Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1940, and then entered Faith Theological Seminary to gain his BD in 1945. In 1944, Bayly married Mary Lou DeWalt, a classmate at Wheaton College. Bayly was awarded honorary doctorates from Sterling College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.