Lochner, Robert H., 1918-

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1918-10-20
Death 2003-09-21
German, English,

Biographical notes:

American journalist and foreign service officer; director, RIAS radio station, West Berlin, 1961-1968.

From the description of Robert Hoyer Lochner papers, 1933-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872880

Biography

1918 Born, New York 1923 Family moves to Berlin when father, Louis P. Lochner, is appointed bureau chief of Associated Press 1936 Assists father in coverage of Olympic games, then leaves Berlin to begin studies at University of Chicago 1940 Bachelor's degree, political science, University of Chicago 1941 Master's degree, economics, University of Chicago 1941 1945 Worked on German broadcasts over short-wave service, NBC radio, New York 1945 Summer Conducted studies for U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Germany, on effects of bombing on civilian morale 1945 1947 Director of news broadcasting for radio in the U.S. occupied zone of Germany, based in Bad Nauheim 1945 1955 Translator and interpreter for Military Governor Lucius D. Clay and High Commissioner John J. McCloy 1947 1949 Chief control officer for Radio Frankfurt 1949 1952 Editor in chief, Neue Zeitung, Frankfurt 1952 1955 Head of the press office of the American High Commission, Bonn 1954 Translator for former President Herbert Hoover on his visit to Germany 1955 1957 Head of the Information Division, U.S. Embassy, Saigon 1958 1961 Head of the European Division, Voice of America, Washington 1961 Translator for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit to Berlin, after construction of the Berlin Wall 1961 1968 Director, RIAS (Radio in the American Sector), Berlin 1963 Translator for President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Berlin 1968 1971 Press and cultural attaché, American Embassy, Berne 1971 1996 Director, International Institute of Journalism, Berlin 1972 1989 Correspondent in Berlin for American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and Swiss News Agency 1972 1991 Berlin representative, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany 2003 Died, Berlin

From the guide to the Robert H. Lochner Papers, 1933-2003, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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Subjects:

  • Propaganda, American
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Radio broadcasting Germany
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Journalists

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  • Germany (as recorded)

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