Peter Lisagor
TV Journalist, Award Winner
1915 – 1976
Who was Peter Lisagor?
Peter Lisagor was Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News from 1959 to 1976 and was one of the most respected and best-known journalists in the United States. Lisagor gained nationwide recognition from his syndicated column and appearances on such public-affairs broadcasts as Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Washington Week in Review, and Agronsky & Company.
Lisagor was born in Keystone, West Virginia and moved to Chicago at age 14, where he attended Marshall High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Lisagor began his career in journalism in 1939 as a sportswriter for the Daily News. During World War II he was a sergeant in the Army, serving as a correspondent and London editor for the service newspaper, Stars and Stripes. He returned to the Daily News after the war.
In 1948 Lisagor was selected for a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. He was a recipient of the Newspaper Guild's Page One award, the George Foster Peabody Broadcasting award, the William Allen White award and the Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. He served as president of the White House Correspondents Association, the Gridiron Club, the Overseas Writers Association, and the State Department Correspondents Association.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1915
Keystone - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, University of Michigan
Political Science - John Marshall Metropolitan High School
- Bachelor's degree, University of Michigan
- Employment
- Washington bureau Chief
(1959 - 1976)
- Washington bureau Chief
- Died
- Dec 10, 1976
Arlington - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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