Background
Lochner, Louis Paul was born on February 22, 1887 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Review Frederick and Maria (von Haugwitz) Lochner.
lecturer newspaper correspondent radio commentator
Lochner, Louis Paul was born on February 22, 1887 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Review Frederick and Maria (von Haugwitz) Lochner.
Graduate Wisconsin conservatory Music, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wisconsin, 1909. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Muhlenberg College, 1942, University of Wisconsin, 1961.
; children—Elsbeth, Robert. Married second, Hilde De Terra, nee Steinberger, April 4, 1922;(deceased). Editor student and alumni magazines, association director, news service editor, 1909-1919.
Foreign correspondent, 1919-1946.
Chief Berlin Bureau, A.P. American, 1928-1942. First foreign correspondent to follow German Army into Poland, September 1939.
War correspondent on German western front (Holland, Belgium, France), and witness to French capitulation at Compiegne, 1940. With German army in Yugoslavia, Greece, Finland and Russia, 1941.
News analyst, commentator National Broadcasting Company, 1942-1944.
A.P. war correspondent with 9th, 1st, 3d, and 7th United States Armies, 1944-1946.
Served on several governmental missions abroad. Board of directors American Council on Germany, 1959. Member study and correspondent associations, Lutheran Academy for Scholarship, Lutheran Human Relations Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chirurgical
Rotarian.
Clubs: PEN (New York City). Member editorial board The Lutheran Witness, 1951.
Married Emmy Hoyer, S1910 (deceased. Married second, Hilde De Terra, nee Steinberger, April. Children: Elsbeth, Robert.