Don Whitehead
Don Whitehead (April 8, 1908 in
He was awarded the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, and 1953 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.[1]
Education
Whitehead studied at University of Kentucky from 1926 to 1928 but did not graduate.[2]
Career
Kentucky
Beginning in 1928, Whitehead worked for the newspapers Lafollette Press and the Daily Enterprise in Harlan, Kentucky, and he covered the Harlan County War.
World War II
Beginning in 1935, he worked for the
Korean War
Whitehead covered the
Stateside
He was Washington bureau chief for the
Papers
His papers are held at the University of Tennessee.[7]
Personal life
Don Whitehead married Marie Patterson on December 20, 1928. They had a daughter, Ruth, and two grandchildren.[8]
Works
- The FBI Story: A Report to the People. Random House, Ishi Press International. 2011 [1956]. ISBN 978-4-87187-335-2.
- Journey Into Crime. Random House. 1960.
- Border Guard: The Story of the United States Customs Service. McGraw-Hill. 1963.
- The Dow Story: The History of the Dow Chemical Company. McGraw-Hill. 1968.
- Attack On Terror: The FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan In Mississippi. Funk & Wagnalls. 1970.
- "A Correspondent's View of D-Day". D-Day: The Normandy Invasion In Retrospect. Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, University Press of Kansas. 1971.
- Posthumous
- John Beals Romeiser, ed. (2004). "Beachhead Don": reporting the war from the European Theater, 1942-1945. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2412-8.
- John Beals Romeiser, ed. (September 2006). Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary And Memoirs. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2675-7.
References
- ^ "UK Alumni Association - Don Whitehead". Ukalumni.net. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Don Whitehead | College of Communication and Information". Cci.utk.edu. 1908-04-08. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "UK Alumni Association - Don Whitehead". Ukalumni.net. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "WALK OF FAME, Southwest Virginia Museum". Swvamuseum.org. 1908-04-28. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ISBN 978-1-57233-473-1.
- ^ "Don Whitehead • School of Journalism and Electronic Media". School of Journalism and Electronic Media. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Don Whitehead Journalistic Collection". Dlc.lib.utk.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111122085639/http://ap.org/pages/about/pulitzer/white.html
- http://www.swvamuseum.org/donwhitehead.html
- Guide to the Don Whitehead Journey Into Crime manuscripts, housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
