Hechinger, Fred M.

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1920 July 7 Born, Nuremberg, Germany 1943 Naturalized; A.B., City College, New York 1944 1946 Member, Office of Military Attaché, American Embassy, and with British War Office 1945 Graduate study, University of London 1946 1947 Correspondent, Times Educational Supplement, London 1947 1950 Education Editor and Foreign Correspondent, Bridgeport Sunday Herald Education Columnist, Washington Post 1948 Special Consultant to the Director, Education and Cultural Relations Division, U.S. Military Government in Germany 1948 1950 Foreign Correspondent, Overseas News Agency 1950 1956 Education Editor, New York Herald Tribune 1956 Author, An Adventure in Education: Connecticut Points the Way 1956 1959 Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, Bridgeport Sunday Herald 1958 Married Grace Bernstein. Author, Worrying About College? 1959 Author, The Big Red Schoolhouse 1959 1969 Education Editor, New York Times 1963 Author, Teen-Age Tyranny (with Grace Hechinger) 1968 Author, New York Times Guide to New York City Private Schools (with Grace Hechinger) 1969 1977 Member, Editorial Board, New York Times 1973 Adjunct professor, Hunter College and Queens College, City University of New York 1975 Author, Growing Up in America (with Grace Hechinger) 1976 Assistant Editor, editorial page, New York Times 1976 1977 Deputy Editor, editorial page, New York Times 1977 1990 President, New York Times Company Foundation 1981 Author, Higher Learning in the Nation's Service(with Ernest L. Boyer) 1988 1995 Member and Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, and Senior Advisor, Carnegie Corporation of New York 1992 Author, Fateful Choices: Healthy Youth for the 21st Century 1995 November 6 Died, New York

From the guide to the Fred M. Hechinger Papers, 1937-1991, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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