Elie Abel
Elie Abel | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | October 17, 1920
Died | July 22, 2004 Rockville, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 83)
Occupation | Journalist, Author, Academic |
Period | 1942–1990 |
Subject | International Affairs |
Elie Abel (October 17, 1920 – July 22, 2004) was a Canadian-American
Early life
Born in
Career
After the war, Abel returned to work as a reporter, writing successively for the
In 1949 he joined the staff of bureau.
During his years as a journalist, both in print and broadcasting, Abel was recognized for incisive in-depth reports on international affairs, and particularly on the subject of communism.
Leaving broadcast journalism for academia in 1970, Abel was appointed dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Godfrey Lowell Cabot Professor of Journalism. Abel left Columbia for Stanford University in 1979 as the first Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication.
From 1977 to 1980 Abel served as the representative from the United States to the United Nation's International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems, which published the "
From 1983 to 1986, Abel headed Stanford's Department of Communication and also served as Faculty Senate chair in 1985-86. Abel directed Stanford's program in Washington, D.C., in 1993-94.
Personal life
Abel's first wife, Corinne, died in 1991 after 45 years of marriage. When he died, he had been married to Charlotte Hammond Page Dunn for nine years.[2]
Death
Abel died on July 22, 2004, at the Casey House hospice in Rockville, Maryland, at age 83, from the effects of Alzheimer's disease.[2]
Books
- The Shattered Bloc - Behind the Upheaval in Eastern Europe. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1990, ISBN 0-395-42019-9
- Leaking: Who Does It? Who Benefits? At What Cost?. New York: Priority Press, 1987, 0-870-78219-3
- What's News: The Media in American Society. San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1981.
- Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946, with ISBN 0-394-48296-4
- Roots of Involvement: The U.S. in Asia 1784-1971, with Marvin Kalb, New York: W. W. Norton, 1971.
- The Missile Crisis. New York: Bantam, 1966.
Awards
- First Amendment Defender Award, The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law, 1984.
- Overseas Press Club Award, 1969 & 1970.
- Grand Prize for Freedom, Inter American Press Association, 1997.
- George Foster Peabody Award for Radio News, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Georgia, 1968[3]
- Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (contributor), 1956.
References
- ISBN 9781573561082. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Sullivan, Patricia (July 24, 2004). "Newsman Elie Abel, 83; Won Pulitzer". Washington Post. District of Columbia, Washington. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "The World and Washington". Peabody: Stories That Matter. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.