Background
Curtis Walker Prendergast was born on October 21, 1915 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Arthur Curtis and Catherine Lois (Walker) Prendergast.
Curtis Walker Prendergast was born on October 21, 1915 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Arthur Curtis and Catherine Lois (Walker) Prendergast.
Prendergast received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Stanford University in 1937. Next, in 1944-1945 he attended the United States Navy School of Oriental Languages, University of Colorado, Boulder. Besides, Prendergast attended the University of California in Berkeley and completed graduate studies in Asian languages in 1946 and Korean studies in 1948.
Prendergast was a reporter for newspapers at the Bee, Fresno, California, from 1937 to 1940 and at the News-Sun, Waukegan, Illinois, in 1947. From 1942 to 1946 he served for the U.S. Naval Reserve and became lieutenant.
Next, Prendergast became 3d secretary and Vice consul at the United States Foreign Service in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 1947 to 1950.
Thereafter, he as a correspondent of Time magazine, New York City, from 1950 until his retirement in 1977. At the time of working for Time Inc., he was news bureau chief in Tokyo, Johannesburg, Paris, and London.
Prendergast was principal drafter of Charter for a Free Press at World Press Freedom Committee, Reston, Virginia. He was also co-founder and past president of Time-Life Alumni Society.
Curtis Prendergast married Elizabeth Caldwell Calhoun Clarke on April 8, 1944. The couple has 4 children: Catherine, James, David, and Sarah.