Quincy Howe

Quincy Howe

Quincy Howe (August 17, 1900 - February 17, 1977) was an American journalist, best known for his CBS radio broadcasts during World War II. He is the son of Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe.

Howe served as director of the American Civil Liberties Union before the Second World War, and as chief editor at Simon & Schuster from 1935 to 1942. He left CBS in 1947 to join ABC. He moderated the fourth and final Kennedy/Nixon debate in 1960. Howe retired from broadcasting in 1974. He died from cancer of the larynx.

Bibliography

*"World Diary: 1929-34" (1934)
*"England Expects Every American to Do His Duty" (1937)
*"World History of Our Own Times." (trilogy, 1949)
*"Ashes of Victory" (1972)

References

*cite news | title = Quincy Howe, Newscaster, Dies | publisher = The New York Times | date = February 18, 1977


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