Background
Phlegar, Benjamin Focht was born on November 21, 1921 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Benjamin Gray and Frances Lucile (Focht) Phlegar.
Phlegar, Benjamin Focht was born on November 21, 1921 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Benjamin Gray and Frances Lucile (Focht) Phlegar.
Bachelor of Journalism, University Missouri, 1943.
Reporter, St. Louis Star-Times, 1943-1944; with, Associated Press, 1944-1963; newsman, then automotive editor, Associated Press, Detroit, 1955-1963; Detroit bureau chief, associate editor, then assistant managing editor, United States News & World Report, Washington, 1963-1978; executive editor, United States News & World Report, 1979-1985.
Member American Society Magazine Editors.
Married Jane Fulton, September 19, 1945 (deceased September 1983). Children: Janet Margaret, Benjamin Fulton.