David Belnap
David Belnap | |
|---|---|
Editor for United Press International and Los Angeles Times | |
| Spouse | Barbara Belnap |
| Parent(s) | Hyrum A. Belnap (father) Lois Ellen Foster (mother) |
David Foster Belnap (July 27, 1922 – November 8, 2009) was an
Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University in 1973 for his Latin American coverage.[3]
Career
Belnap was born in
Seattle Star, also owned by Scripps. After World War II, he moved to Helena, Montana to become UPI's bureau chief. Three years later he traded Helena for Honolulu, Hawaii
, then returned to Seattle as Regional Executive for UPI in 1952.
In 1955 he received a posting as a foreign correspondent for UPI's "Chester Service"[6] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, eventually rising to become Director of Wire Services for all of UPI's Latin America operations. In 1967 (following unrest within UPI) he transferred to the Buenos Aires bureau of the Los Angeles Times, where he remained until 1980. In that year he returned to the United States to become the Times' Foreign Desk Editor in Los Angeles. He retired in 1993 after 50 years in the business.
During his career, his major stories included
Socialist President Salvador Allende in Chile, the rise of rebel factions in Nicaragua[7] and the Jacobo Timerman
scandal.
He died of heart failure November 8, 2009, in Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, California.
References
- ^ "The ed Stout Award 1970".
- ^ "People Remembered: David Belnap | Overseas Press Club of America". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ Noland, Claire (November 10, 2009). "David F. Belnap dies at 87; Times correspondent in Latin America". Los Angeles Times. www.latimes.com. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ^ "Belnap Family Organization". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ Short Story of the Life of Lois Ellen Foster Belnap
- ^ Chester Service
- ^ "Buenos Aires In My Dreams" by Barbara C. Belnap, University Book Store Press, 2012