Background
Hightower, John Murmann was born on September 17, 1909 in Coal Creek, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Murmann) Hightower.
Hightower, John Murmann was born on September 17, 1909 in Coal Creek, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Murmann) Hightower.
Student, University Tennessee, 1927-1928.
Association editor, Drug Topics magazine, 1929-1930; reporter, Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel, 1931-1987; reporter, editor, Associate Press, Nashville, 1933-1936; assigned, Association Press (Washington Bureau), 1936-1971; general reporting, news editing, Association Press (Washington Bureau), 1936-1940; Navy Department coverage, Association Press (Washington Bureau), 1940-1942; Department State and international affairs coverage, Association Press (Washington Bureau), 1943-1971; special correspondent, Association Press (Washington Bureau), 1964-1971; covered United Nations organization, San Francisco, 1945; opening session, United Nations, London, England., 1946; opening session, United Nations, New York City, 1946; European peace treaty sessions, Council Foreign Ministers, London European peace treaty sessions, Council Foreign Ministers, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics European peace treaty sessions, Council Foreign Ministers, New York City, 1946-1948; organization, Marshall Plan, North Atlantic Treaty, Japanese Peace Conference, San Francisco, 1951; organization, Bermuda Conference, 1953; organization, Berlin Foreign Ministers Conference, 1954; organization, Big-Four Summit Conference, Four Power Foreign Ministers Conference, Geneva, 1955; organization, 2d Bermuda Conference, 1957; organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit Conference, 1957; organization, Berlin, Disarmament Negotiations, Paris Summit, 1960; organization, Kennedy-Khrushchev Meeting, 1961; organization, Manila Summit Conference on Vietnam, 1966; organization, Paris Peace Talks, 1968; associate professor journalism, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1971-1974.
Member of Gridiron (Washington).
Married Martha Nadine Joiner, November 19, 1938. Children— John Murmann, Leslie, James Edward.