Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer papers, 1898-1978

Biographical Notes

Date	Event
1892, Mar. 8	Born, Bloomington, Ill.
1913	A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1914	War correspondent in France and Belgium for the Chicago Daily News
1916	Married Lilian Thomson
1933	Published Germany Puts the Clock Back. New York: W. Morrow Awarded Pulitzer Prize in journalism Elected president, Foreign Press Association
1933-1940	Head, Chicago Daily News bureau, Paris, France
1942	Deputy director, U.S. Office of Facts and Figures
1942-1943	Deputy director, U.S. Office of War Information
1943	Started newspaper column, "Edgar Mowrer on World Affairs"
1947	Helped organize Americans for Democratic Action
1948	Published The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf
1952	Began second newspaper column, "What's Your Question on World Affairs?"
1956-1960	American editor, Western World magazine
1968	Published Triumph and Turmoil: A Personal History of Our Time. New York: Weybright and Talley
1969-1976	Moved to Wonalancet, N.H. Columnist, Manchester Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.
1972-1973	Wrote "Freedom Diary (A Crucial Year)"
1973	Published, with Lilian T. Mowrer, Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace. New York: Philosophical Library
1977, Mar. 2	Died, Madeira, Madeira Islands

Date	Event
1889, Sept. 2	Born, London, England
1907	Student, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
1911-1913	Student, Liverpool University, Liverpool, England
1916	Married Edgar Ansel Mowrer
1937	Published Journalist's Wife. New York: W. Morrow
1941	Published Arrest and Exile. New York: W. Morrow
1942	Published Rip Tide of Aggression. New York: W. Morrow
1943-1949	District of Columbia chairman, Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace
1952	Published The United States and World Relations. New York: Harper
1960	Published The Indomitable John Scott. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
1973	Published, with Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace. New York: Philosophical Library
1990, Sept. 30	Died, Chicago, Ill.