Background
Rich,, John Hubbard was born on August 5, 1917 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. Son of John Hubbard Rich and Alma Estella Glidden Rich.
Rich,, John Hubbard was born on August 5, 1917 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. Son of John Hubbard Rich and Alma Estella Glidden Rich.
AB, Bowdoin College, 1939. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bowdoin College, 1974.
News reporter Daily Kennabec Journal, Augusta, Maine, 1939—1940, Portland (Maine) Press Herald, 1941—1942. Reporter, foreign correspondent International News Service, Tokyo, 1945—1950. Foreign correspondent NBC News, 1950—1954.
Fellowship Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1954—1955. With United States Corps. Major United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1945, PTO.
Member of Tokyo Foreign Corrs. Club, Overseas Press Club (award 1974), Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Doris Lee Halstead, September 2, 1954. Children: Barbarine, John III, Whitney, Nathaniel.