Background
Flanagan, Dennis was born on July 22, 1919 in New York City. Son of John Richard and Nan (Apotheker) Flanagan.
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Dennis Flanagan, American journalist. Recipient Outstanding Achievement award University Michigan, 1961, Kalinga prize United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, 1982, Glenn T. Seaborg award International Platform Association, 1982, Olive Branch award Writers' and Publications Alliance for Disarmament, 1984; named to Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame, 1999.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Michigan, 1941.
Career
In 1947, Flanagan, Donald H. Miller, Junior. and Gerard Piel, under the leadership of Piel, acquired and reorganized the then 102-year-old Scientific American. Flanagan was the editor of Scientific American for more than 37 years starting in 1947. He was first married to author Geraldine Lux Flanagan, with whom he had two children, Cara Louise Flanagan and John Gerard Flanagan.
Then to author Ellen Raskin, and subsequently to editor Barbara Williams Flanagan.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1975-1983, New York Hall of Science, 1965-1999. Member visiting committee for linguistics and philosophy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984-1986. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member American Society Magazine Editors (president 1977-1979), Authors Guild, Century Association, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Geraldine A. Lux (divorced), January 9, 1948. Children: Cara Louise, John Gerard. Married Ellen Raskin (deceased 1984).
October 17, 1966; married Barbara Grossman Williams, September 11, 1999.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1941
Awards
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Recipient Outstanding Achievement award University Michigan, 1961, Kalinga prize United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, 1982, Glenn T. Seaborg award International Platform Association, 1982, Olive Branch award Writers' and Publications Alliance for Disarmament, 1984. Named to Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame, 1999.Recipient Outstanding Achievement award University Michigan, 1961, Kalinga prize United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, 1982, Glenn T. Seaborg award International Platform Association, 1982, Olive Branch award Writers' and Publications Alliance for Disarmament, 1984. Named to Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame, 1999.