Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1923, Feb. 27 | Born, Devon, Pa. |
| 1943 | B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1943-1946 | Served in U.S. Marine Corps |
| 1946-1947 | Journalist, Washington Bureau, Associated Press |
| 1947-1967 | Foreign correspondent, Wall Street Journal; traveled to Vietnam in mid-1960s |
| 1950 | Married Cecilia (“Sherry”) Sherman Parker (died 2009) |
| 1950-1951 | Worked for Central Intelligence Agency while on leave from Wall Street Journal |
| 1956-1960 | Bureau chief, Wall Street Journal, Paris, France, and London, England |
| 1966 | Published Lyndon B. Johnson and the World. New York: F. A. Praeger Awarded Overseas Press Club citation |
| 1967-1968 | Deputy editorial page editor, Washington Post |
| 1968-1979 | Editorial page editor, Washington Post; supported by publisher Katherine Graham in moving editorial page toward anti-Vietnam War stance |
| 1970 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for his anti-war editorials Published with Douglass Cater, American Media: Adequate or Not? Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
| 1977-1987 | Member, Council on Foreign Relations |
| 1979-circa 1990 | Foreign affairs columnist specializing in Middle Eastern issues |
| 2004, Jan. 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |