Joseph Fromm

Background

Fromm, Joseph was born on January 6, 1920 in South Bend, Indiana, United States.

Education

Student, University Chicago, 1937-1938; student, Northwestern University, 1938-1939.

Career

Reporter S. Bend Tribune, 1935-1937, Southtown Economist, Chicago, 1937-1939. Writer Uttar Pradesh, 1939-1940. Radio news bureau chief Associated Press, 1940-1942.

Managing editor air edition Chicago Sun, 1942. Foreign correspondent United States News and World Report, 1946-1974, deputy editor Washington, 1974-1979, assistant editor, 1979-1985, contributing editor, 1985-1988. Consultant to think tanks, United States Department Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Joint Warfare Analysis Center.

Lecturer on strategy and international relations. Member technical advisory committee Center Naval Analysis. With American Field Service British Army, 1943-1944, commissioned captain Indian Army, 1945.

Achievements

• Joseph Fromm has been listed as a noteworthy foreign correspondent, consultant, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with British and Indian armies, 1942-1945. Fellow Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute, International Institute Strategic Studies (member Executive Committee, chairman United States committee), Member Council on Foreign Rels., Overseas Writers, Midatlantic Club, Foreign Corresponding Club Japan (president 1950), Association American Corrs. in London (president 1967), Foreign Press Association London (director 1972-1974), Arms Control Association, Cosmos Club (Washington).

Connections

Son of Michael M. and Ethel (Mentzel) F. Divorced; children: Margot, Lisa. 1 stepchild, Erik.

Father:

Michael M. Fromm

Mother:

Ethel (Mentzel) Fromm

child:

Lisa Fromm

child:

Margot Fromm