Leary, Mary Ellen

Biographical Chronology

1913 April 21 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah 1934 Graduated from Duchesne College, an affiliate of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska Received a scholarship in English literature from Stanford University, California 1937 Completed M.A. from Stanford University 1937 1944 Reporter, San Francisco News 1944 1945 Political reporter 1945 1946 Nieman Fellow, Harvard University 1946 1952 Political editor 1952 1956 Urban specialist-Politics 1956 1964 Associate editor 1964 1967 West Coast correspondent, Scripps Howard papers 1966 1968 Member, Advisory Board, San Francisco Human Rights Commission 1968 Free-lance writer and correspondent, the Economist of London 1968 1974 Member, Oakland Catholic Social Justice Commission 1974 1975 Project director, Ford Foundation study, Candidate Media Interaction 1977 Author, Phantom Politics: Campaigning in California 1981 Author, A Journalist's Perspective: Government and Politics in California and the Bay Area: Oral History Transcript and Related Material, 1979-1981 1989 Received Distinguished Career Excellence in Journalism Award, Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter

From the guide to the Mary Ellen Leary Collection, 1963-1984, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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