Pusey, Merlo J. (Merlo John), 1902-1985

Merlo John Pusey was born on February 3, 1902 in Woodruff, Utah. He received an A.B. in 1928 from the University of Utah. From 1922 to 1928 he worked as a reporter and assistant editor for the Desert News in Salt Lake City, Utah. He worked for the Washington Post as an editorial writer from 1928 to 1971, also serving as an associate editor from 1945 to 1971. He worked part-time as an instructor in journalism at George Washington University, from 1939 to 1942. In 1952 he won the Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book, Charles Evans Hughes. In 1956 he published Eisenhower The President. He died on November 22, 1985 in Washington, D.C.

From the description of Pusey, Merlo John, 1902-1985 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581888

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