Malcolm Browne

Malcolm Browne
Born	Malcolm Wilde Browne[1] 1933 (age 77–78) New York City[1]
Occupation	Journalist, photographer
Family	sister, two brothers, all younger
Nationality	American

Malcolm Wilde Browne (born 1933) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and photographer. His best known work is the award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.

Early life

Browne was born and raised in New York City. His mother was a Quaker with fervently anti-war opinions, his father a Roman Catholic and an architect. Browne attended Friends Seminary, a Quaker school in Manhattan from kindergarten through to twelfth grade. He went to a Quaker college in Pennsylvania and studied chemistry.^[1]

Career

His career in journalism began when he was drafted during the Korean War,^[2] and assigned to the Pacific edition of the Stars and Stripes where he worked for two years. He worked for the Middletown Times Herald-Record,^[3] then joined the Associated Press (AP), and working in Baltimore from 1959 to 1961, at which point he was made chief correspondent for Indochina. After having won a Pulitzer and received many job offers he eventually left the AP in 1965.

Worked for ABC TV for about a year but became dissatisfied by television journalism.^[1] He worked freelance for several years, and did a years fellowship at Columbia University with the council for foreign relations. In 1968, he joined The New York Times, and in 1972 became its correspondent for South America. Before becoming a journalist Browne worked as a chemist,^[2] and in 1977, he became a science writer, and served as a senior editor for Discover, returning to the Times in 1985. In 1991, he covered the Persian Gulf War.

Awards and recognition

Thích Quảng Đức in the full photo of his self-immolation, during which he remained perfectly still.

• World Press Photo of the Year (1963)
• Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1964)
• George Polk award for courage in journalism ^[4]
• Overseas Press Club Award
• James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public, American Chemical Society (1992)
• Honorary Member, Sigma Xi (2002)^[5]

Works

• Browne, Malcolm W. Muddy Boots and Red Socks, Random House: New York, 1993, ISBN 0812963520 (autobiography) ^[1]
• Saigon's Finale (article on U.S. military defeat in Vietnam)
• The New Face of War (Bobbs-Merrill,Indianapolis, 1965) ISBN 055325894X. Ground-breaking account of tactics in the Vietnam War.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Brian Lamb (1993). "Video interview". C-SPAN,. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/136338. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Reporting America at War . The Reporters . Malcolm W. Browne". Public Broadcasting Service. http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/browne/. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 
3. ^ Burkhart, Wade; undated; About us, Times Herald-Record; retrieved August 29, 2009.
4. ^ "Malcolm W. Browne - World Press Photo". WorldPressPhoto.org. http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=105&type=gallery&Itemid=115. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 
5. ^ "Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society: Malcolm W. Browne". SigmaXi.org. http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/prizes/honor.browne.shtml. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 

External links

• Malcolm Browne interviewed by Charlie Rose, 1995.

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Name	Browne, Malcolm
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Date of birth	1933
Place of birth	New York City
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