Alsop, Joseph W. (Joseph Wright), 1876-1953

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Birth 1876
Death 1953

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Joseph Alsop

1910, Oct. 11 Born, Avon, Conn. 1928 Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1932 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1932 1937 Staff writer, New York Herald Tribune 1937 1940 Coauthored with Robert Kintner the syndicated political column, "The Capital Parade," for the North American Newspaper Alliance 1938 Published with Turner Catledge The 168 Days. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1939 Published with Robert Kintner Men Around the President. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1940 Published with Robert Kintner American White Paper. New York: Simon and Schuster, inc. 1941 Commissioned first lieutenant, United States Navy, and sent to India Resigned from the navy and joined the American Volunteer Air Force ("Flying Tigers") as an aide to General Claire Lee Chennault 1941 1942 Captured by the Japanese at the fall of Hong Kong and held prisoner at the Stanley Internment Camp until June 1942, when he was released in a prisoner-of-war exchange and returned to the United States 1942 Acting chief, Lend-Lease Mission to China, Chungking, China 1944 1945 Captain, Fourteenth United States Air Force in China, and member of Gen. Claire Lee Chennault's staff 1945 1958 Coauthored with Stewart Alsop the syndicated political column, "Matter of Fact," for the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate 1950 1952 Cited by the Overseas Press Club, along with Stewart Alsop, for the "best interpretation of foreign news" 1954 Published with Stewart Alsop We Accuse! New York: Simon and Schuster, inc. 1958 Dissolved his partnership with Stewart Alsop; continued to write "Matter of Fact" for the Washington Post Co. Published with Stewart Alsop The Reporter's Trade. New York: Reynal 1961 Married Susan Mary Jay Patten (divorced 1978) 1964 Published From the Silent Earth. New York: Harper & Row 1965 Published Drink, Eat and Be Thin. [New York]: New American Library 1974 Retired from writing his syndicated political column 1982 Published FDR, 1882-1945. New York: Viking Press Published The Rare Art Traditions. New York: Harper & Row 1989, Aug. 28 Died, Washington, D.C. 1992 Publication posthumously of I've Seen the Best of It. New York: W. W. Norton & Company

Stewart Alsop

1914, May 17 Born, Avon, Conn. 1932 Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1936 A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1936 1941 Editor, Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1942 1944 Enlisted, sixtieth regiment, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, British army 1944 Transferred to the United States Army as a parachutist for the Office of Strategic Services Married Patricia Hankey 1945 Awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm device 1945 1958 Coauthored with Joseph Alsop the syndicated political column, "Matter of Fact," for the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate 1946 Published with Thomas Braden Sub Rosa: The O.S.S. and American Espionage. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1950 1952 Cited by the Overseas Press Club, along with Joseph Alsop, for the "best interpretation of foreign news" 1954 Published with Joseph Alsop We Accuse! New York: Simon and Schuster, inc. 1958 Dissolved his partnership with Joseph Alsop in writing of "Matter of Fact" column Published with Joseph Alsop The Reporter's Trade. New York: Reynal 1958 1969 National affairs contributing editor and Washington editor, Saturday Evening Post 1960 Published Nixon and Rockefeller. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1968 Published The Center. New York: Harper & Row 1969 1974 Columnist, Newsweek 1973 Published Stay of Execution. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1974, May 26 Died, Washington, D.C

From the guide to the Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop Papers, 1699-1989, (bulk 1937-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • American newspapers
  • Archaeology
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  • Communism
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  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Military policy
  • Nuclear weapons
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  • Upper class
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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