Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1908, Nov. 5 | Born, Gordo, Ala. |
| 1929 | B.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Attended Theodora Duncan School of Theater, New York, N.Y. Starred in vaudeville productions, "What Women Want" and "Cradle of the Deep" |
| 1930 | B.L., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Reporter, Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
| 1931 | Circulation supervisor, New York Times, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1931-1932 | Associate editor, Tennis magazine |
| circa 1931 | Insurance salesman, Yazoo and Mississippi Railroad Co. |
| 1932 | Worked for L. Ron Hubbard aboard schooner in Carribbean |
| 1932-1933 | Editor, Tuscaloosa Weekly Warrior, Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
| 1933 | Visited Central America Edited English-language newspaper in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Assisted in campaign for reelection, Richmond Pearson Hobson, Jr., circuit court clerk of Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
| 1934 | Conducted Works Progress Administration project, Suburban Subsistence Living Conducted Tennessee Valley Authority research project, Gorgas, Ala. |
| 1935-1937 | Reporter, Birmingham News, Birmingham, Ala. |
| 1937-1939 | Reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. |
| 1939-1941 | Reporter, Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
| 1941-1946 | Reporter, Chicago Sun (later Sun-Times), Washington, D.C., with a two-year absence from 1943-1944 |
| 1942-1945 | Private, United States Army Air Force; officer, United States Navy |
| 1946-1947 | Reporter, Raleigh News and Observer and Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, Washington, D.C. |
| 1947-1979 | Reporter, Birmingham News, Washington, D.C. |
| 1949-1968 | Public information officer, United States Navy Reserve |
| 1950 | Married Ann Cottrell |
| 1954 | Special citation for exceptional Washington reporting, Raymond Clapper Award Committee |
| 1960 | Chairman, Standing Committee of Correspondents of the Congressional Press Galleries |
| 1963 | Nominated for Pulitzer Prize in journalism |
| 1969 | Elected to Gridiron Club (historian, 1979-1991) |
| 1979 | Relinquished full duties as Washington correspondent of the Birmingham Newsand entered semi-retirement |
| 1985 | Published The First 100 Years!: A Casual Chronicle of the Gridiron Club. Washington, D.C.: The Club |
| 1989 | Elected to Society of Professional Journalists Hall of Fame |
| 1996, Apr. 3 | Died, Washington, D.C. |