Edwin O. Guthman
Edwin O. Guthman | |
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Born | August 11, 1919 United States of America |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1942–1946 |
Rank | Captain |
Awards | Silver Star Purple Heart |
Edwin O. Guthman (August 11, 1919 – August 31, 2008) was an American journalist and university professor. While at the Seattle Times, he won the paper's first Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1950. Guthman was third on Richard Nixon's "Enemies List."
Biography
Guthman was born in
He was a reporter for the
In 1961, he was tapped by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to be his press secretary. He later served in a similar position for one year when Kennedy became U.S. Senator from New York in 1965. As a result of his work with Kennedy, he was third on Nixon's Enemies List.[1][3]
He was the national editor for the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1977[1] and then the editorial page editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer (1977–1987).[4]
He was a senior lecturer at the
Personal life
Guthman died August 31, 2008, at his home in the
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Edwin O. Guthman, '41", Columns (University of Washington alumni magazine), December 2008, p. 53.
- ^ a b Woo, Elaine (September 2, 2008). "Edwin O. Guthman, 89; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b USC Annenberg School profile.
- ^ Richard Goldstein (September 1, 2008). "Edwin O. Guthman, 89, Editor, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ Lane, Laura (March 1, 2007). "Ed Guthman". Annenberg TV News. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ Petrie, Lesley and Torrey Andersonschoepe (March 2, 2007). "Journalists gather to fete Ed Guthman; Tom Brokaw and Kyra Phillips join in celebrating Annenberg professor's career". Daily Trojan. Retrieved 2007-12-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d Broom, Jack (September 1, 2008). "Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Guthman dies". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on September 2, 2008.
- ^ "Select List Of Personna Non Grata". Jewish Post (Indianapolis). 6 July 1973.
References
- "Ed Guthman, Senior Scholar". USC Annenberg School for Communication. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2007-12-15.