Michael Stern (journalist)
Michael Stern | |
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| Born | August 3, 1910 Lake Worth, Florida , U.S. |
| Occupation | Reporter, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Estelle (née Goldstein) Stern (1934–1995 (her death)) |
Michael Stern (August 3, 1910 – April 7, 2009) was an American reporter, author and philanthropist. As a reporter during
Early life
Stern was born on August 3, 1910,
Journalism
After leaving college, he took a job at
He was hired by
Stern worked for True magazine under an assumed name where he wrote a series of articles about former Nazi Party official Otto Strasser, who formed the anti-Nazi Black Front and left Germany to escape Adolf Hitler. These articles were later published in book form as Flight From Terror, which he wrote together with Strasser. He was granted a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University based on the book.
His interviews with the crew of the
World War II and Rome
With the U.S. Army during World War II, he was a war correspondent starting in 1943 for the
He stayed in Rome for the next 50 years, reporting on
Robert Ruark wrote the foreword for Stern's 1964 book, An American in Rome, describing Stern as "a legend in modern Rome" who is "a tough boy, and... writes tough prose".[2]
Filmmaker
Stern entered film production while in Rome. His first film was the 1960 movie
Philanthropy
During his travels to the U.S., Stern developed a friendship with builder and philanthropist Zachary Fisher. Together, they established the Intrepid Museum Foundation in 1978 to raise the funds needed to establish the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, on the Hudson River in the Manhattan borough of New York City which opened in 1982.[2]
The two also collaborated on the creation of the Fisher House program to create lodging for families of those military personnel who have been in medical-care facilities and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation at Rockefeller University, New York City.[2]
He created the Michael Stern Parkinson's Research Foundation in 2001.[2] Currently, actor Michael J. Fox (who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991) is hoping to merge their two charities, seeing promising research in Stern's foundation.
Personal
He married Estelle Goldstein in 1934; she died in 1995.
A resident of
References
- ^ Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Grimes, William. "Michael Stern, Adventurer, Journalist and Philanthropist, Dies at 98 ", The New York Times, April 11, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
- S2CID 244294027.
- ^ Weiler, A. H. "Some People And Stories; NO INNOCENCE ABROAD. By Michael Stern. Illustrated. 313 pp. New York: Random House. $3.", The New York Times, April 26, 1953. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ Farrell, William M. "Icardi Indicted for Perjury In O. S. S. Killing of Major; Jury Accuses Him and LoDolce of Murder, but They Can't Be Tried Icardi is indicted on perjury count", The New York Times, August 30, 1955. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
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