Background
Binder, Carroll was born on February 20, 1896 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Irwin and Emma (Flohr) Binder.
Binder, Carroll was born on February 20, 1896 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Irwin and Emma (Flohr) Binder.
Graduate York (Pennsylvania) Academy. Student University of Pennsylvania, 1912-1913. Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Harvard University, 1916, graduate study, 1916-1917.
Killed in action over Germany, May 24, 1944), Mary Kelsey (Mistress Edward Mikkelson), David and Deborah (twins). Began as reporter, later telegraph editor, middlewest and northwest, 1919-1922. Special writer, Chicago Daily News, 1922-1927.
Specializing on sociological, industrial and political problems.
Covered the Nicaraguan revolution of 1926-1927. Correspondent in Italy, Chicago Daily News, 1927-1929, Soviet Russia, 1929-1930, London correspondent, 1930-1931.
Editorial assistant to publisher and writer of editorials on foreign affairs, 1931-1936, foreign editor and director foreign service, 1936-1944. Editorial editor, Minneapolis Tribune, January 1, since 1945.
Traveled extensively in Japan and China, 1934.
Correspondent in Europe, 1937, and at Havana Conference American Republics, 1940. Visited Australia and New Zealand to study and describe their war efforts, 1941. Reported on war from Great Britain and Eire, 1942.
Investigated and wrote extensively about post-war conditions in Germany, Austria, France, Great Britain, 1946 and 1950, Japan and of Korea, 1947.
Visited and reported from South America, 1950. United States member United Nations subcommission on freedom of information and of press, 1948-1952.
United States representative on United Nations commission to draft a convention on freedom of information, 1951. Member Executive Committee United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Freedom Foundation award, 1952, 54.
English Speaking Union distinguished award for editorial interpretation, 1953.
Member Quaker unit of America Red Cross, caring for civilian refugees on French front, 1917-1919. Member Foreign Policy Association, Incorporated., American Society Newspaper. Clubs: Minneapolis, Skylight (Minneapolis).
Married Dorothy Walton, August 24, 1920. Children: Carroll (1st lieutenant United States Air Force.