Sarratt, Reed

Alexander Reed Sarratt, Jr., was born in Charlotte, N.C., in 1917. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina in 1937 with a bachelor's degree in economics. During his senior year at UNC, he served as managing editor of the Daily Tar Heel . After graduation, he worked as a reporter and later city editor for the Charlotte News .

From 1946 to 1952, Sarratt was an editorial writer for the Baltimore Evening Sun . In 1952, he returned to North Carolina to begin an eight-year stint with the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel . At these papers, he served as editorial page editor, executive editor, and assistant to the publisher.

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