Background
Bracker, Milton was born on December 13, 1909 in Cincinnati. Son of Murray and Dorothy (Baerlo) Bracker.
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Milton Bracker
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Bachelor of Science, College City New York, 1929. Bachelor of Letters, Columbia, 1931.
Career
News staff, New York Times, since 1931, assigned London bureau, 1943, war correspondent Mediterranean Theatre, 1943-1945, acting chief Rome bureau, 1945-1946, chief Mexico City bureau, 1946-1947, chief correspondent, South America, 1947-1951, roving assignment, East, Central and South Africa, 1959. Correspondent Western Europe, International Edition, New York Times, 1960-1961, chief of Rome (Italy) Bureau, since 1963. Maria Cahot prize, 1949, George Polk Memorial award, 1952, (with wife) Newspaper Guild award for feature writing, 1957.
50th Anniversary Honors medal Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, 1963.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Newspaper Guild. Club: Overseas Press (New York City).
Connections
Married Virginia Lee Smith Warren, September 10, 1936.
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January 28, 1964 (aged 54) -
Resting place
Buried Cimiterio Acattolico, Rome, Italy. -
Nationality
American