Hedrick Smith papers, 1923-2010

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Biographical Note

Date	Event
1933, July 9	Born, Kilmacolm, Scotland
1951	Graduated Choate School, Wallingford, Conn.
1955	B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
1955-1956	Fulbright Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
1956-1959	United States Air Force
1957	Married Ann Bickford (divorced 1985)
1959-1962	Reporter, United Press International, Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; and Cape Canaveral, Fla.
1962-1988	Correspondent, bureau chief, and editor, New York Times 1962, correspondent covering civil rights in the South 1962-1963, diplomatic news correspondent, Washington, D.C. 1963-1964, temporary correspondent, Vietnam 1964-1966, correspondent, Middle East; Cairo, Egypt; and United Arab Republic 1966-1971, diplomatic news correspondent, Washington, D.C. 1968, correspondent for Vietnam peace negotiations, Paris, France 1971-1974, Moscow, USSR, bureau chief 1975-1976, deputy national editor 1976-1979, Washington bureau chief 1980-1985, chief Washington correspondent 1987-1988, Washington correspondent, New York Times Magazine
1969-1970	Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1971	Coauthor of The Pentagon Papers
1972	Awarded Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the publication of the Pentagon Papers
1974	Awarded Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
1976	Published The Russians. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co.
1980	Contributor, Reagan the Man, the President. New York: Macmillan Pub. Co.
1986	Contributor, Beyond Reagan: The Politics of Upheaval. New York: Warner Books
1987	Married Susan Zox
1988	Published, The Power Game: How Washington Works. New York: Random House
1989	Host and writer for Public Broadcasting Service television series, "The Power Game"
1989	Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies, Washington, D.C.
1990	Published, The New Russians. New York: Random House
1990	Commentator and writer for the television production "Inside Gorbachev's USSR"
1990	Founded Hedrick Smith Productions
1992-2009	Producer, host, and writer, Hedrick Smith Productions 1992, "Challenge to America" 1995, "Across the River" 1996, "The People and the Power Game" 1998, "Surviving the Bottom Line" 1999, "Seeking Solutions" 2000, "Critical Condition" 2001, "Juggling Work and Family" 2005, "Making Schools Work"
1992	Editor, The Media and the Gulf War. Washington, D.C.: Seven Locks Press
1995	Published, Rethinking America. New York: Random House
2012	Published, Who Stole the American Dream?. New York: Random House