William J. Eaton
William J. Eaton (born December 1930 in Chicago , Illinois , † August 24, 2005 in Potomac , Maryland ) was an American journalist . He was a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1970.
Life
Eaton was born the son of a craftsman in Chicago. He studied at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and received his bachelor's degree in 1951 and his master's degree in 1952. He later studied economics and history at Harvard University .
His first job was with the Chicago Daily News in Chicago. In 1957 he was also responsible for articles for UPI United Press International . From 1966 to 1976 he was a correspondent for the Chicago Daily News in Washington, DC
William Eaton received the Sidney Hillman Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for the revelations of Federal Judge Clement F. Haynesworth Jr.'s appeal to the US Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon .
From 1976 he worked for the Los Angeles Times in Washington. From 1984 to 1988 he was the office manager of the Los Angeles Times in Moscow and accompanied the reform process of Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union .
After retiring in 1994, he was a curator of the University of Maryland's Humphrey Fellowship Program . For a long time he was president of the National Press Club .
Eaton was initially married to Marilyn Myers, and later to Carole Kennon.
literature
- William J. Eaton, "Who Killed the Constitution?: The Judges V. the Law," Regnery Publishing 1989, ISBN 0-89526-776-4
Web links
- http://www.pulitzer.org/ - Pulitzer Prize 1970 (engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eaton, William J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 2005 |
| Place of death | Potomac , Maryland |