Background
Day, Daniel Edgar was born on December 10, 1913 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Thomas and Gertrude (Ford) Day.
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Daniel Edgar Day
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Education
Student, Crane Junior College, Chicago, 1932-1933; student, American U., 1946, 62, 64; student, University Chicago, 1958.
Career
With, Robert S. Abbott Public Company, Chicago, 1929-1940; assistant city editor, Robert S. Abbott Public Company, 1936-1940; enlisted, United States National Guard, 1938; enlisted as sergeant, United States Army, 1941; advanced through ranks lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1952; assistant chief, then chief Negro interest section, Bureau Public Relations, War Department, Washington, 1943-1946; stationed, (Headquarters 8th Army), Japan, 1946-1949; stationed, (82d Airborne Division), Fort Bragg, North Carolina., 1950-1951; stationed, (major port), Korea, 1952-1953; stationed, (Japan Procurement Agency), Yokohama, 1953-1955; professor military science, Florida A & M U., Tallahassee, 1955-1961; retired, 1961; Washington correspondent, National Newspaper Publications Association, 1961-1966; administrative officer, USDA, Washington, 1966; information specialist, Housing and Urban Development, Washington, 1966-1968; deputy director public information division, Housing and Urban Development, 1968-1970; public information officer, Housing and Urban Development, 1970-1973; deputy director news services division, Housing and Urban Development, 1973-1974; information officer, Housing and Urban Development, 1975-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Association Government Communicators (director 1974).
Connections
Married Sanone Nickerson, January 18, 1942 (deceased October 1993). Children: Sandra Ann (Mistress James Johnson), Gregory Alan (deceased July 1996).
