Hal Boyle
Harold Vincent "Hal" Boyle (July 24, 1911 – April 1, 1974) was a prolific,
Background
Boyle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 24, 1911, the son of butcher Peter E. Boyle and his wife Margarit, an Irish immigrant farm girl.[2]
He married Mary Francis Boyle in 1937.[2]
Boyle began his newspaperwork as a copy boy in Kansas City's AP Bureau in 1928. After attending the Junior College of Kansas City,[3] he studied journalism at the University of Missouri, graduating with distinction in 1932.[4] After working in the AP's St. Louis bureau, he moved to New York in 1936.[1] By the time the United States entered World War II, Boyle had become an assistant city editor with the AP.[2]
Journalism
Boyle received the Pulitzer Prize on May 7, 1945, for his "distinguished correspondence" from the war during 1944.[5] In 1951, the Veterans of Foreign Wars awarded him the Omar Bradley Award, given for the most distinguished contribution to national security, for his coverage of the Korean War.[6]
Boyle portrayed himself in the 1945 film dramatization of Ernie Pyle's book, The Story of G.I. Joe.[2]
In 1951, Boyle contributed a section to a
In 1969 the Associated Press published Help, Help! Another Day!: The World of Hal Boyle.[8]
Death and legacy
Boyle died of a heart attack at his home in New York City on April 1, 1974.
In 1980, a selected set of his columns and articles were republished in The Best of Boyle.[9]
The Hal Boyle Award has been awarded by the Overseas Press Club for "Best newspaper or news service reporting from abroad" since 1977.[10]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Obituary, Former Columnist Hal Boyle Dies Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Tri-City Herald, July 2, 1974 at p. 19.
- ^ ISBN 978-0451236883.
- ^ Metropolitan Community College Alumni, accessed 2012-01-03.
- ^ Kansas City Public Library, Missouri Valley Biography
- ^ "'Harvey' is Winner of Pulitzer Prize," New York Times, May 8, 1945.
- ^ "Hal Boyle Gets Award," Reading Eagle, Feb. 16, 1951, at p. 16.
- ^ Washington Under the Bomb," Collier's Weekly, 1951.
- ASIN B0018PXZFI.
- ISBN 093009607X.
- ^ "Overseas Press Club of America Submission Manager". Overseas Press Club of America Submission Manager. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.