Herman Kogan

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1914 – 1989

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Who was Herman Kogan?

Herman Kogan was a Jewish-American journalist who spent fifty years covering the city of Chicago, many with the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times.

Kogan, a 1936 graduate of the University of Chicago and a Phi Beta Kappa, authored several books, including The Great EB: The Story of the Encyclopædia Britannica]; Yesterday's Chicago; Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company; Big Bill of Chicago; and Lords of the Levee.

Kogan was the father of current Chicago Tribune journalist and WBEZ radio host Rick Kogan.

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Born
Nov 6, 1914
Died
Mar 8, 1989

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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