Smith, Hedrick.

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Dates:
Birth 1933-07-09
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Biographical Note

1933, July 9 Born, Kilmacolm, Scotland 1951 Graduated Choate School, Wallingford, Conn. 1955 B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. 1955 1956 Fulbright Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1956 1959 United States Air Force 1957 Married Ann Bickford (divorced 1985) 1959 1962 Reporter, United Press International, Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; and Cape Canaveral, Fla. 1962 1988 Correspondent, bureau chief, and editor, New York Times1962, correspondent covering civil rights in the South1962-1963, diplomatic news correspondent, Washington, D.C.1963-1964, temporary correspondent, Vietnam1964-1966, correspondent, Middle East; Cairo, Egypt; and United Arab Republic1966-1971, diplomatic news correspondent, Washington, D.C.1968, correspondent for Vietnam peace negotiations, Paris, France1971-1974, Moscow, USSR, bureau chief1975-1976, deputy national editor1976-1979, Washington bureau chief1980-1985, chief Washington correspondent1987-1988, Washington correspondent, New York Times Magazine 1969 1970 Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1971 Coauthor of The Pentagon Papers 1972 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the publication of the Pentagon Papers 1974 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 1976 Published, The Russians. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. 1980 Contributor, Reagan the Man, the President. New York: Macmillan Pub. Co. 1986 Contributor, Beyond Reagan: The Politics of Upheaval. New York: Warner Books 1987 Married Susan Zox 1988 Published, The Power Game: How Washington Works. New York: Random House 1989 Host and writer for Public Broadcasting Service television series, "The Power Game" 1989 Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies, Washington, D.C. 1990 Published, The New Russians. New York: Random House 1990 Commentator and writer for the television production "Inside Gorbachev's USSR" 1992 Editor, The Media and the Gulf War. Washington, D.C.: Seven Locks Press 1995 Published, Rethinking America. New York: Random House

From the guide to the Hedrick Smith Papers, 1923-1992, (bulk 1965-1990), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Arms control

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  • Central America (as recorded)
  • Outer space (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)

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