Background
Nussbaum was born in Marion, Indiana.
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Lowell Nussbaum
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He attended Mann School until his family moved and later attended the Country School outside Fort Wayne. He graduated from Jefferson School in 1919 and in that same year attended the University of Michigan.
Career
He was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame during his lifetime. He was the oldest of three children and son of Josephine Reuss and Percy L. Nussbaum. His father died in 1916.
Nussbaum first worked as a laborer for the Truck Company and at a box company in that same year.
Soon after he got involved with the newspaper business and bought and built newspaper routes. He also was promoted as a proof-reader for the paper and it was at that time, Nussbaum realized his desire to become a reporter and later that summer began working for the Chicago Journal.
In the summer of 1920, he worked for the Huntington Press as a reporter. In 1921, he worked for the Indianapolis Times and eventually became the paper"s aviation editors
He worked for the Indianapolis Times until 1933 and decided to join the Toledo News-Bee as an assistant city editors
He returned to the Indianapolis Times in 1938 as a special assignment reporter and columnist and remained with them until 1945. He then worked for the Indianapolis Star as a columnist and worked here until his retirement in 1971. One of the founders of the Indianapolis Press Club Fourth president of the Indianapolis Press Club Chairman of the Constitution Committee President of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild President, vice president, secretary, and Board Member Emeritus of the Indianapolis Zoological Society.
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United States