Background
Collingwood, Charles Cummings was born on June 4, 1917 in Three Rivers, Michigan, United States. Son of George Harris and Jean Grinnell (Cummings) Collingwood.
Collingwood, Charles Cummings was born on June 4, 1917 in Three Rivers, Michigan, United States. Son of George Harris and Jean Grinnell (Cummings) Collingwood.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1939. Postgraduate New College, Oxford, England, 1939-1940.
; married Tatiana Angelini Jolin. War correspondent United Press, London, 1939-1941. Commentator Columbia Broadcasting System, 1941-1946, United Nations correspondent, 1946-1948, WhiteHouse correspondent, 1948-1952, radio, television commentator, 1952-1982, chief Columbia Broadcasting System newsbur., London, 1957-1960, chief foreign correspondent, London, 1966-1975.
Special assistant.to director Mutual Security Agency, 1951.
Author: The Defector, 1970.
Member Association Radio News Analysts, English Speaking Union (national board of directors, Executive Committee 1976-1985). Clubs: Century Association, National Press.
Married Louise Allbritton, May 13, 1946 (deceased. Married Tatiana Angelini Jolin.