Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1890, Jan. 16 | Born, Richmond, Ind. |
| 1911 | A.B., Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. |
| 1913 | B.Litt., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1913-1914 | Correspondent, United Press Associations, Albany, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. |
| 1914 | Married Mabel L. VanderHoof |
| 1915-1917 | Correspondent, United Press Associations, Berlin, Germany |
| 1917 | Special writer for New York Tribune Published Germany, the Next Republic? New York: G. H. Doran Co. |
| 1917-1918 | Contributor to Saturday Evening Post; trips to Mexico, Spain, France, Switzerland |
| 1918 | Published Mexico's Dilemma. New York: G. H. Doran Co. |
| 1918-1919 | Correspondent for New York Times in Siberia, China, and Japan |
| 1919 | Published Trailing the Bolsheviki. New York: C. Scribner's Sons Toured U.S. for Philadelphia Public Ledger, writing articles on industrial unrest |
| 1920-1921 | Organized and served as chief of Philadelphia Public Ledger Foreign News Service, London, England |
| 1922-1928 | Corporate public relations work as president of Carl W. Ackerman, Inc., Editorial Research Association, and ERA Publications |
| 1924 | Published Dawes-the Doer! New York: Era Publications |
| 1927-1930 | Public relations work for the Eastman Kodak Co. |
| 1930 | Published George Eastman. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. |
| 1930-1931 | Assistant to the president, General Motors Corp. |
| 1931-1956 | Dean, School of Journalism (1931-1935) and Graduate School of Journalism (1935-1956), Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1932-1954 | Secretary, Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1935-1936 | World trip |
| 1937 | Trip to Venezuela |
| 1938 | Organized Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for Latin American journalists |
| 1943-1945 | Founder and administrator with others of Post-Graduate School of Journalism, Chungking, China |
| 1945 | Toured Europe and Asia as member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors World Free Press Mission |
| 1947 | Trip to Venezuela |
| 1956 | Retired from Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1970, Oct. 9 | Died, New York, N.Y. |