Background
Hershey, Burnet was born on December 13, 1896 in Romania. Son of Josef and Bertha (Bughici) Hershey.
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Burnet Hershey
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Brought to the United States, 1899. Educated New York City public schools. Student Columbia School Journalism, 1915, Sorbonne, Paris, 1917.
Career
General news staffs New York Sun, New York Tribune. Paris correspondent New York Sun, 1917-1920. New York Evening Post on Ford Peace Expedition.
New York Times with American Expeditionary Forces and French and Belgian General Headquarters.
Covered Eastern Front, accredited to German Army with Field Marshal Von Mackensen. Correspondent Philadelphia Ledger Foreign Service at London, Berlin, Geneva.
Far East and Asia Minor assignments for Ledger and Times. Attached to American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Versailles Peace Conference.
Press. representative of America Commission to French Exposition Industrial Arts, 1925.
Foreign news commentator Station WMCA, New York City, accredited by War Department, special correspondent, New York Post, in Greek British, North Africa, 1942-1943. Made air tour of the United States bases in 1943.
Correspondent Liberty Magazine covering South.H.A.E.F., 1944-1945.
United States Naval correspondent in channel ports, 1944. Correspondent occupied Germany 1945.
New York and Washington correspondent Tribune de Geneve.
Achievements
Membership
Member; Clubs: Lambs (New York City).
Connections
Married Thyrza Putnam Sturges, June 1935.
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Romanian -
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