Graham Billings Hovey

Background

Hovey, Graham Billings was born on January 18, 1916 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Son of Leroy Dana and Lois Stella (Graham) Hovey.

Education

Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1939; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1953.

Career

Reporter, Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier, 1938-1940; reporter, International News Svc., Detroit, Kansas City, Dallas, Tulsa, Chicago, New York City, 1940-1942; war correspondent, International News Svc., Africa and Europe, 1942-1944; Washington correspondent, Associated Press, Washington, 1944-1946; assistant editor, The New Republic, Washington, 1946-1947; lecturer in journalism, University of Minnesota, 1947-1949; assistant then associate professor journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1949-1956; editorial writer, United Nations correspondent, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 1956-1959; European correspondent, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, London, 1959-1965; member editorial board foreign affairs analyst, The New York Times, 1965-1976; foreign affairs reporter, The New York Times, Washington, 1977-1980; professor committee, director Michigan Journalism Fellows program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980-1986; professor emeritus of committee, director, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1986. Visiting professor, lecturer University of California, Berkeley, U. Indiana, U. Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, State University of New York.

Achievements

• Graham Billings Hovey has been listed as a noteworthy public affairs journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Detroit Committee on Foreign Relations, Detroit, 1988-1990. Member Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1968-1996, Newspaper Guild, New York, 1945-1980.

Interests

• Avocations: classical music and opera, reading, walking, hiking, international traveling.

Connections

Married Mary Jean Landgraf, June 20, 1941. 1 child, Thomas Dana.

Father:

Leroy Dana Hovey

Mother:

Lois Stella (Graham) Hovey

Spouse:

Mary Jean Landgraf

child:

Thomas Dana Hovey