Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1905, June 14 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
1926 | A.B. University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. |
1926-1929 | Instructor in political science and international law, American University, Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon) |
1929 | Married Mary Virginia Smock (died 1971) |
1929-1941 | Editorial writer and assistant to foreign editor, Chicago Daily News; in charge of New York cable office, 1930-1931; correspondent, Washington, D.C., 1931-1932; correspondent, Rome, Italy, 1932-1934; and correspondent, Berlin, Germany, 1934-1941 |
1941-1945 | Special assistant to director, Office of Strategic Services (later Central Intelligence Agency) |
1942 | Published People under Hitler. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company |
1944-1945 | Special assistant to Robert Daniel Murphy, political advisor on Germany, Allied Forces Supreme Headquarters |
1945-1949 | Diplomatic correspondent, Chicago Daily News, Washington, D.C. |
1949-1954 | Diplomatic correspondent, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington, D.C. |
1954-1968 | Foreign intelligence analyst, Central Intelligence Agency |
1974, May 10 | Died aboard airplane enroute from Washington, D.C., to Chicago, Ill. |