Peter H. Wyden

Peter H. Wyden (October 2, 1923 – June 27, 1998)[1] was an American journalist and writer.

Life and career

Wyden was born Peter Weidenreich, in Berlin to a Jewish family. His mother, Helen (née Silberstein), was a concert singer, and his father, Erich Weidenreich, was a businessman. He attended the Goldschmidt School until he left Nazi Germany and went to the United States in 1937.[2][3] After studying at City University of New York, he served with the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Division in Europe during World War II.[4] After the war, he began a career in journalism, during which he worked as a reporter for The Wichita Eagle, a feature writer for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington correspondent for Newsweek magazine, a contributing editor for The Saturday Evening Post in Chicago and San Francisco, articles editor for McCall's, and executive editor for Ladies' Home Journal.[4] He authored or coauthored nine books, and numerous articles that appeared in major magazines.[4] In 1970, he became a book publisher in New York City and Ridgefield, Connecticut.[4]

He was father of Senator Ron Wyden.[5] Franz Weidenreich, German anatomist and physical anthropologist, was one of his uncles.

Works

·″Wall-The Inside Story of Divided Berlin″-Simon & Schuster, 1989. ISBN 0-671-55510-3

References

  1. Sengupta, Somini (June 29, 1998). "Peter Wyden, 74, Journalist and Father of Oregon Senator". New York Times.
  2. Abrahamson, Irving (January 3, 1993). "She Saved Herself in the Holocaust By Betraying Others". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  3. Entry on Rootsweb.com, created by Robert Battle (battle@u.washington.edu)
  4. 1 2 3 4 "About the Author" bio on the dustjacket of Bay of Pigs, The Untold Story, Simon and Schuster, 1979.
  5. Simon, Mark (December 11, 1999). "Palo Alto to Honor Local Boy". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 22, 2009.


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