The editor's office used to be occupied by founder Dewitt Wallace, who, along with his wife, Lila Acheson Wallace, launched Reader's Digest in 1922 with condensed articles from other publications.

创始人德威特·华莱士曾经占据了编辑办公室，他和他的妻子莱拉·艾奇逊·华莱士在1922年推出了《读者文摘》，其中收录了其他出版物的缩编版文章。