Pye Chamberlayne

Pye Chamberlayne (March 7, 1938 - October 21, 2006) was a U.S. radio journalist.

Born in Richmond, VA, Edward P. Chamberlayne, Jr., learned French in Paris while his father was news editor of the French edition of the New York Herald Tribune. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1960. After two years with Agence France-Presse and a summer with the Associated Press, he joined United Press International. He covered first the White House and then the U.S. Congress and American politics and retired in 1999. He was a subject of "Boys on the Bus", an account of press coverage of the 1972 U.S. presidential campaign. He died at his home in Calmes Neck, VA, of a heart attack.

Obituaries

* [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2006/10/21/chamberlayne_longtime_unipresser_dies/ United Press International]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6716935 NPR]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15400201/ MSNBC]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR2006110601076.html Washington Post]
* [http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=951201&nid=25 Boston Globe]
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061111/news_1m11chamber.html San Diego Union-Tribune]
* [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061024-121504-7220r_page2.htm Washington Times]
* [http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=951201&sidelines=1 WTOP FM]
* [http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=135591&pt=archive Radio Ink]
* [http://www.spj.org/pressnotes.asp?REF=17089 Society of Professional Journalists]
* [http://www.newsdaily.com/TopNews/UPI-1-20061021-17131000-bc-us-chamberlayne-obit.xml News Daily]
* [http://www.medialifemagazine.com/ml/ac/pp102506.asp Media Life Magazine]
* [http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.2506127/k.8FC1/In_Memoriam.htm#60s UVA Magazine]
* [http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/display.php?weekof=2006-10-20#D4940 Life in Legacy]

Photos

* [http://downhold.org/lowry/audio7.jpgDownholders] (ex-Unipresser website): Pye Chamberlayne, UPI Radio's veteran Senate and political reporter, on floor of 1984 Democratic Convention in San Francisco
* [http://downhold.org/lowry/audio5.jpgDownholders] (ex-Unipresser website): UPI Audio 1982 election night staff in Washington bureau. Left-to-right: Bill Small, Pye Chamberlayne, Bob Hoenig, Rob Navias and Tom Foty

External links

* [http://www.pyechamberlayne.com/index.html personal website]
* [http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=16048716&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506080&rfi=6 Clarke Times-Courier] : "Locals may replace out-of-town tax assessors" by Pye Chamberlayne, dated February 1, 2006
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:www.loe.org+%22Pye+Chamberlayne%22 Living on Earth] google results of show transcripts
* [http://downhold.org/lowry/foty.html Downholders] (ex-Unipresser website): End of UPI Radio in 1999