Aldric Revell, reporter and editorial writer for the Madison Capital Times, was born in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1910. At the age of fourteen he and his family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York. Revell matriculated at the University of Wisconsin, earning his B.A. in comparative literature in 1934. While a student at the university, Revell worked as a reporter for the Daily Cardinal and wrote a column entitled “Light Wines.”
For a short time in 1935 Revell was editor of the Oshkosh Free Press, but he left that position later the same year to join the staff of the Capital Times. Except for a year of study as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard (1948-1949), Revell was to remain with that paper until his death. During his career with the Times, Revell became well known for his coverage of political and labor matters through his regularly-featured editorial columns. During the 1940s he also broadcast a program of news commentary over the Capital Times' radio station, WIBA. In addition, Revell was a stringer for Time and Life, and he occasionally contributed articles to the New York Times. His other professional interests included presidency of the Madison Newspaper Guild and vice-presidency of the Guild's Midwest District Council.
Revell was also active in union and cooperative circles and was a prominent member of the Wisconsin Socialist Party. At one time he served as president of the Dane County Industrial Union and vice-president of the Wisconsin CIO. For several years he served as editor of Wisconsin Commonwealth, the monthly publication of the state's socialist party.
Revell died in Madison on March 8, 1965.
