Gruenberg, Robert, 1922-1992.

Political and urban affairs reporter, Washington and foreign correspondent for the Chicago daily news.

Robert Gruenberg was born in Chicago on September 13, 1922 and grew up in the Jewish community of Lawndale on the west side of Chicago. He became interested in journalism from an early age, serving as editorial editor and writer for his high school newspaper. Graduating from high school during the Depression, Gruenberg joined the Civilian Conservation Corps where he was assigned to a re-forestry and conservation camp in northern Wisconsin. After the CCC, Gruenberg began his newspaper career in 1941 with the Chicago Daily News, serving first as a night clerk, then as a copy-boy in the City Room, and later as an intern reporter. During this time he attended Herzl Community College where he edited the college newspaper, the Herzlite. In 1943 Gruenberg was drafted into the U.S. Army. In the army, Gruenberg received intensive Spanish language training. After his discharge he returned to the Chicago Daily News as a reporter, covering a wide range of local, county, and state affairs. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1953, majoring in Spanish and history. From 1962-1966, Gruenberg served as the Washington Bureau chief for Chicago's American, an evening newspaper. In 1966, he returned to the Daily News, and in 1968, he became a member of their Washington Bureau. In 1978, shortly before the Daily News ceased publication, Gruenberg left to pursue a position in the Communications Department of the National Education Association where he remained until his retirement in 1986. Gruenberg died in 1992.

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