Background
Fleming, Dewey Lee was born on July 19, 1898 in Whitmer, West Virginia, United States. Son of Sidney Albert and Hattie Alice (Bowers) Fleming.
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Dewey Lee Fleming
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Bachelor of Arts, Davis and Elkins College, West Virginia, 1918, Doctor of Laws, 1944. Student Columbia University, 1922.
Career
Reporter Elkins West Virginia, Inter-Mountain, 1917-1919, Baltimore, Maryland., American, 1922-1923. City reportorial staff Baltimore Sun, 1923-1926, Washington bureau, 1926-1927, New York correspondent, 1927-1928, Chicago correspondent, 1928-1929, London correspondent, 1929-1931, Washington bureau since 1931, chief of Washington bureau since 1941.
Achievements
Membership
Mason.; Clubs: Gridiron, Overseas Writers, National Press (Washington. District of Columbia).
Connections
Married Elizabeth Walker, January 4, 1932 (died April 21, 1938).
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March 18, 1955 (aged 56) -
Resting place
Buried Buckhannon, West Virginia -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Awarded Pulitzer Prize for reporting of national affairs during the year 1943. Students Army Training Corps, 1918. Trustee, Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia.Awarded Pulitzer Prize for reporting of national affairs during the year 1943. Students Army Training Corps, 1918. Trustee, Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia.