Hechinger, Fred M.

Chronology

• 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)