1910, Oct. 11Born, Avon, Conn.1928Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass.1932A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.19321937Staff writer,
New York Herald Tribune19371940Coauthored with Robert Kintner the syndicated political
column, "The Capital Parade," for the North American Newspaper Alliance1938Published with Turner Catledge
The 168 Days. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran
& Company1939Published with Robert Kintner
Men Around the President. New York: Doubleday,
Doran & Company1940Published with Robert Kintner
American White Paper. New York: Simon and
Schuster, inc.1941Commissioned first lieutenant, United States Navy, and
sent to IndiaResigned from the navy and joined the American Volunteer
Air Force ("Flying Tigers") as an aide to General Claire Lee Chennault19411942Captured by the Japanese at the fall of Hong Kong and held
prisoner at the Stanley Internment Camp until June 1942, when he was released
in a prisoner-of-war exchange and returned to the United States1942Acting chief, Lend-Lease Mission to China, Chungking,
China19441945Captain, Fourteenth United States Air Force in China, and
member of Gen. Claire Lee Chennault's staff19451958Coauthored with Stewart Alsop the syndicated political
column, "Matter of Fact," for the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate19501952Cited by the Overseas Press Club, along with Stewart Alsop,
for the "best interpretation of foreign news"1954Published with Stewart Alsop
We Accuse! New York: Simon and Schuster,
inc.1958Dissolved his partnership with Stewart Alsop; continued to
write "Matter of Fact" for the Washington Post Co.Published with Stewart Alsop
The Reporter's Trade. New York: Reynal1961Married Susan Mary Jay Patten (divorced 1978)1964Published
From the Silent Earth. New York: Harper &
Row1965Published
Drink, Eat and Be Thin. [New York]: New American
Library1974Retired from writing his syndicated political column1982Published
FDR, 1882-1945. New York: Viking PressPublished
The Rare Art Traditions. New York: Harper &
Row1989, Aug. 28Died, Washington, D.C.1992Publication posthumously of
I've Seen the Best of It. New York: W. W. Norton
& Company
Stewart Alsop
1914, May 17Born, Avon, Conn.1932Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass.1936A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.19361941Editor, Doubleday, Doran & Co.19421944Enlisted, sixtieth regiment, Kings Royal Rifle Corps,
British army1944Transferred to the United States Army as a parachutist for
the Office of Strategic ServicesMarried Patricia Hankey1945Awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm device19451958Coauthored with Joseph Alsop the syndicated political
column, "Matter of Fact," for the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate1946Published with Thomas Braden
Sub Rosa: The O.S.S. and American Espionage. New
York: Reynal & Hitchcock19501952Cited by the Overseas Press Club, along with Joseph Alsop,
for the "best interpretation of foreign news"1954Published with Joseph Alsop
We Accuse! New York: Simon and Schuster,
inc.1958Dissolved his partnership with Joseph Alsop in writing of
"Matter of Fact" columnPublished with Joseph Alsop
The Reporter's Trade. New York: Reynal19581969National affairs contributing editor and Washington editor,
Saturday Evening Post1960Published
Nixon and Rockefeller. Garden City, N.Y.:
Doubleday1968Published
The Center. New York: Harper & Row19691974Columnist,
Newsweek1973Published
Stay of Execution. Philadelphia:
Lippincott1974, May 26Died, Washington, D.CFrom the guide to the Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop Papers, 1699-1989, (bulk 1937-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)