Lardner, George

Biographical Note

• 1934, Aug. 10: Born, New York, N.Y.
• 1951 - 1954 : Part-time copy-editor, Bell Syndicate, New York, N.Y.
• 1956: A.B. degree, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis. Photoengraving apprentice, Williston Engraving, Milwaukee, Wis.
• 1956 - 1957 : Part-time copyboy, Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
• 1957: Married Rosemary Schalk
• 1957 - 1959 : Reporter, Worcester Telegram, Worcester, Mass.
• 1959 - 1963 : Reporter, Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
• 1962: M.A. degree, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
• 1963 - 1999 : Reporter, Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
• 1967: Byline award, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis
• 1977: American Bar Association certificate of merit
• 1993: Pulitzer Prize for series on the stalking and murder in Boston, Mass., of his daughter, Kristin Lardner
• 1995: Published The Stalking of Kristin: A Father Investigates the Murder of His Daughter (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. 340 pp.)

From the guide to the George Lardner Papers, 1923-1997, (bulk 1965-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)