Background
Anthony Day was born in Miami, Florida, on May 12, 1933. His father, Price Day, worked as a foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, earning a Pulitzer Prize in 1949, and was later editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
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Anthony Day
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Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1955; postgraduate (Nieman fellow), Harvard University, 1966-1967; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Pepperdine U., 1974.
Career
Anthony Day had three younger brothers, all of whom also became journalists. He served two years in the United States. Army following graduation. Day"s career in journalism began at the Philadelphia Bulletin.
He began working at the paper in 1957.
He was eventually promoted to the paper"s Washington District of Columbia bureau chief Day was hired by the Los Angeles Times as the chief editorial writer in 1969.
He eventually rose to become the editorial page editor, a position he held from 1971 until 1989, when he relinquished his editorial responsibilities but continued with the Times as a correspondent until he retired in the mif-1990s. Day continued to work part-time for the Times as a contributor to the book review section after his official retirement.
He also continued to edit a regular column by former United States. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
On the day after Day"s death, Kissinger said of him, "Although he was a constant critic of the policies of the administrations in which I served, I always considered him a critic of exemplary fairness, ability and honesty."
Day died of emphysema on September 2, 2007, at Saint Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Achievements
Membership
Member Signet Society Harvard, Asia Society, Council Foreign Rels., Pacific Council on International Policy, Institute Current World Affairs. M C.
Connections
Married Lynn Ward, June 25, 1960. Children— John, Julia (deceased).
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United States