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George Morgenstern
George Edward Morgenstern (May 26, 1906 - July 23, 1988) was an award-winning long-time editorial writer for The Tribune and author.
Mr. Morgenstern`s career in journalism began early. Under his o...vizualizați mai multeGeorge Edward Morgenstern (May 26, 1906 - July 23, 1988) was an award-winning long-time editorial writer for The Tribune and author.
Mr. Morgenstern`s career in journalism began early. Under his older brother, Bill, also a reporter, Mr. Morgenstern covered basketball and track while at Oak Park High School. In college he reported on football and other Big 10 sports for the now-defunct Herald-Examiner. He also was editor of the campus magazine, The Phoenix.
He interrupted his college career to go to work as a rewrite man for the Herald-Examiner, but continued his studies part-time. While at the Herald-Examiner he covered stories that included the Al Capone tax evasion trial.
He graduated with highest honors from the University of Chicago in 1930, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa.
In 1939, Mr. Morgenstern began working at The Tribune as a reporter and rewrite man, becoming an editorial writer in 1941. Except for his World War II service as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he directed the work of combat correspondents, he was an editorial writer specializing in foreign affairs. In 1969, he became editor of the editorial page.
In 1947, he published Pearl Harbor: The Story of the Secret War, a controversial revisionist history that blamed President Franklin Roosevelt for bringing the United States into World War II.
He received numerous awards, including The Tribune’s highest honor, the Edward Scott Beck Award, which he won twice (1956 and 1966) for his writing and editing of articles on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
He was married to the late Marcia Winn Morgenstern (1911-1961), who was also a Tribune writer, and had two daughters
After his retirement in 1971, Mr. Morgenstern continued to contribute occasional columns and editorials to the newspaper. He passed away in 1988 at the age of 82 and is buried at the Lake Forest Cemetery in Lake County, Illinois.vizualizați mai puține