Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1892, Aug. 2 | Born, New York, N. Y. |
1908-1911 | Attended City College of New York, New York, N.Y. |
1912 | B.S., Fordham University, New York, N.Y. |
1913 | Poultry farmer and rural school teacher, Dutchess County, N.Y. |
1915-1917 | Sports reporter, New York Times |
1917-1919 | World War I service in France with Eleventh United States Engineers |
1919 | Married Alma Boldtmann (died 1944) |
1922-1925 | Sports reporter, New York Tribune |
1925-1927 | Sports reporter, New York American |
1927-1941 | “Sports of the Times” columnist, New York Times |
1938-1948 | Information Please radio show panelist |
1941-1944 | Sports columnist, New York Sun |
1947 | Married Margaret Ford |
1947-1953 | Editor, Information Please Almanac |
1952 | Information Please television show panelist |
1956 | Retired to Rockport, Mass., on Cape Ann |
1959 | Published A Natural History of New York City. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
1964 | Published autobiography, Not Under Oath. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
1974 | Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, N.Y. |
1981, Dec. 10 | Died, Rockport, Mass. |