Morgan, Neil, 1924-
San Diego (Calif.) columnist, editor, and writer, Neil Bowen Morgan was born in Smithfield, North Carolina, in 1924, and graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943. In 1946, after a brief tour of duty in the U.S. Navy, Morgan settled in San Diego and worked for the San Diego Daily Journal as a columnist and arts editor. In 1950, he joined the San Diego Evening Tribune and wrote a column with the by-line "Crosstown with Neil Morgan" which later became "Neil Morgan." He has written numerous promotional books about San Diego and several books on the twentieth-century American West, including WESTWARD TILT: THE AMERICAN WEST TODAY(1963) ; THE PACIFIC STATES: CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON (1967); and THE CALIFORNIA SYNDROME (1969). He was the associate editor (1977-1981) and chief editor (1981-1992) of the San Diego Evening Tribune and the associate editor (1992-2004) and senior columnist (1992-2004) of the San Diego Union Tribune. Neil Morgan is a director of "Voice of San Diego," an online news and information website in San Diego.
From the description of Papers, 1941-2004. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32333932
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