Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1929, Dec. 17 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1947-1949 | Student, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 1949 | Assistant to Tex McCrary, "Tex and Jinx" radio show |
| 1949-1951 | Reporter, New York Herald-Tribune syndicate |
| 1951 | Correspondent, WNBC-WNBT, Europe and Middle East |
| 1952-1954 | Served in the U.S. army |
| 1954-1955 | Radio-television producer, WNBC, New York, N.Y. |
| 1955-1960 | Vice president, Tex McCrary, Inc., a public relations firm |
| 1961-1968 | Established Safire Public Relations, Inc. |
| 1961 | Communications manager, Louis Lefkowitz mayoral election campaign, New York, N.Y. |
| 1962 | Deputy campaign manager, Jacob Javits senatorial election campaign, New York Married Helene Belmar Julius |
| 1963 | Published The Relations Explosion, A Diagram of the Coming Boom and Shakeout in Corporate Relations (New York: Macmillan. 249 pp.) |
| 1964 | Staff member, Nelson Rockefeller for president campaign Published Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate on the National, State, or Local Level (New York: D. McKay Co. 209 pp.) |
| 1965 | Volunteer, John Lindsay mayoral election campaign, New York, N.Y. |
| 1966 | Director of public relations, Nelson Rockefeller gubernatorial election campaign, New York |
| 1967-1968 | Advisor and speechwriter, Richard M. Nixon presidential election campaign |
| 1968-1973 | Appointed special assistant by President Richard M. Nixon working primarily as speechwriter and media consultant |
| 1968 | Published New Language of Politics (New York: Random House. 782 pp.); revised and enlarged edition, 1972; 1978 ( Safire's Political Dictionary); 1993 (Safire's New Political Dictionary) |
| 1973-2009 | Columnist, New York Times |
| 1975 | Published Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House (New York: Doubleday & Co. 704 pp.) |
| 1977 | Published Full Disclosure: A Novel (Franklin Center, Penn., privately printed limited edition by Franklin Library. 535 pp.; and Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 525 pp.) Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary |
| 1980 | Published On Language (New York: Times Books. 331 pp.) Published Safire's Washington (New York: Times Books. 534 pp.) |
| 1982 | Published What's the Good Word? (New York: Times Books. 400 pp.) Published Good Advice: More than 2,000 Apt Quotations to Help You Live Your Life, compiled and edited with Leonard Safir (New York: Times Books. 400 pp.) |
| 1986 | Published Take My Word For It: More On Language (New York: Times Books. 357 pp.) |
| 1987 | Published Freedom, a novel (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 1125 pp.) |
| 1988 | Published You Could Look It Up: More On Language (New York: Times Books. 357 pp.) |
| 1989 | Published Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice, compiled and edited with Leonard Safir (New York: Simon & Schuster. 432 pp.) |
| 1990 | Published Language Maven Strikes Again (New York: Doubleday. 447 pp.) Published Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage (New York: Doubleday. 153 pp.) |
| 1991 | Published Coming to Terms (New York: Doubleday. 402 pp.) |
| 1992 | Published The First Dissident: The Book of Job in Today's Politics (New York: Times Books. 304 pp.) Published Good Advice on Writing, compiled and edited with Leonard Safir (New York: Simon & Schuster. 288 pp.) Published Leadership, compiled and edited with Leonard Safir (New York: Simon & Schuster. 258 pp.) Published Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, selected and introduced by Safire (New York: W. W. Norton. 957 pp.; revised and enlarged, 1997) |
| 1993 | Published Quoth the Maven (New York: Random House. 350 pp.) |
| 1994 | Published In Love with Norma Loquendi (New York: Random House. 349 pp.) |
| 1995 | Published Sleeper Spy, a novel (New York: Random House. 451 pp.) |
| 2009, Sept. 27 | Died, Rockville, Md. |