Lyn Crost was a World World War II correspondent and author
Background
Eleanor Elizabeth Crost, who was known professionally as Lyn Crost, was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 19, 1915, the daughter of Maurice Roland Crost and Eleanor Agnes Welch. Maurice Crost was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and had attended City College of New York for two years before meeting Eleanor Agnes Welch, who was from Hartford, Connecticut.
Education
Eleanor Elizabeth Crost, who was known professionally as Lyn Crost, was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 19, 1915, the daughter of Maurice Roland Crost and Eleanor Agnes Welch. Maurice Crost was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and had attended City College of New York for two years before meeting Eleanor Agnes Welch, who was from Hartford, Connecticut.
Lyn Crost was raised in Hartford, Connecticut and entered Pembroke College in Brown University in September, 1934. She received an Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Pembroke College in 1938.
She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude.
Career
They had a daughter, Julia Kennedy. She died in 1997 from a brain tumor.