Ansel Edward Mclaurine Talbert

Background

Talbert, Ansel Edward Mclaurine was born on January 6, 1912 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ansel D. and Lily (McLaurine) Talbert.

Education

Graduate, Landon School, Bethesda, Maryland, 1930. AB, Columbia, 1934; Bachelor of Letters, Columbia, 1935. Master of Science (Henry Woodward Sackett fellow), Columbia, 1935.

Special student, McGill University.

Career

New York correspondent Science Service, 1935-1936. With New York Herald Tribune, 1936-1958, special assignment Europe, 1939, Far East, 1940, Korean war correspondent, chief Tokyo bureau, 1950-1951. Assigned New York Herald Tribune (Middle East, Japan, Korea, Alaska, England, France), 1951-1953, New York Herald Tribune (Thule, Greenland, Ice Island T-3, North Pole), 1954, New York Herald Tribune (operation Deep Freeze, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, also four flights over South Pole), 1956, Soviet Union, 1956, Scandinavia, Pakistan, Iran, 1957, military and aviation editor, 1954-1958.

Writer nationally syndicated column Defense and Aviation. Executive editor publications, vice president Flight Safety Foundation, 1959-1967. Managing editor Air Transport World magazine, 1967-1970, executive editor, from 1970.

Senior editor Travel Agent magazine, Travel Agent International, Interline Reporter. Panelist Columbia Broadcasting System-television show Longines Chronoscope, 1952-1954. Special broadcasts aerospace, military developers WQXR, 1960-1961, WRUL-Worldwide Broadcasting System, 1962-1963.

Member executive committee Editorial Opinion Research, 1970-1987.

Works

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• book

  • Famous airports of the world (Gateway books)
  • Famous airports of the world (Gateway books)

• Other Work

  • Author: Famous Airports of the World, 1953, Newsbreak, 1977. Co-author: How I Got That Story, 1967, The Grand Original - A Biography of Randolph Churchill, 1971. Member editorial board: Military Public Inst, 1958-1965.

Membership

Trustee, past member advisory committee Harmon International Aviation Trophies. Past member Collier Trophy Committee Served from private to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Chief ultra intelligence for 8th Air Force England.

Member Aviation Space Writers Association (past president), American Polar Society, Arctic Institute N. American, Elbeetian Legion, S.A.R., American Legion (past post Commander), Woodmen of World, Air Force Association, Civil War Round Table, Columbia University Alumni Association, Veterinary Corps Artillery New York, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Zeta Psi. Clubs: Wings (past vice president), Adventurers (past president), Dutch Treat, St. Hubert's Society, New York Athletic, Overseas Press (New York City), National Press (Washington).

Connections

Married Marlene Zimmer, 1951 (divorced 1969).

Father:

Ansel D. Talbert

Mother:

Lily (McLaurine) Talbert

Spouse:

Marlene Zimmer