Background
Hurd, Charles W.B. was born on May 11, 1903 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Arthur A. and Katherine (Bolick) Hurd.
Hurd, Charles W.B. was born on May 11, 1903 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Arthur A. and Katherine (Bolick) Hurd.
Studied under tutors and in public high school, St. Louus. Extension student in langs. and history, Washington University (St. Louis) and Northwestern University.
Reporter St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1918, Des Moines Register-Tribune, 1919. With Associate Press, Chicago and New York, 1920-1925. Associate editor Liberty magazine, 1926-1928.
Member Washington staff, New York Times, 1929-1949, except for 1937, which spent in London bureau and on European assignments. Member Carl Byior & Associates (public relations) 1949-1954. Founder Charles Hurd Associates, 1954-1968.
Senior account executive Hill & Knowlton, Inc., 1954-1958.
Member Washington staff, New York Times, 1929-1949, except for 1937, which spent in London bureau and on European assignments. Member Carl Byior & Associates (public relations) 1949-1954. Member American Academy of Political and Social Sciences Sigma Delta Chi.
Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Married Eleanor Branson, March 17, 1934.