Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991

Clark R. Mollenhoff (b. 1921) was a Washington reporter from 1950 to 1969, and Washington bureau chief for the Des Moines Register from 1970 to 1976. He served as special counsel to the President from 1969 to 1970.

From the description of Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580415

Author and journalist. Clark R. Mollenhoff was the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who wrote Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988). In his book, he documents the case Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, in which the court ruled in favor of Honeywell's argument that Atanasoff was the inventor of the first electronic digital computer. Mollenhoff was a Professor of Journalism at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

Mollenhoff was also a distinguished investigative reporter and legal consultant. A graduate of Drake University Law School (Des Moines, Iowa), Mollenhoff won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting while working for the Des Moines Register as an investigative reporter and Washington Correspondent. He received more than 25 awards in 45 years as an investigative reporter, author, and lecturer on fraud and corruption in government and other institutions.

From the description of Papers, 1968-1990. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 40473036