Background
Beatty, Morgan was born on September 6, 1902 in Little Rock. Son of Hugh Mercer and Caroline Sarah (Morgan) Beatty.
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Morgan Beatty
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Education public and high schools, Fort Smith, Arkansas, also Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, and Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri.
Career
May 1957); children—Hugh (deceased), Morgan Mercer, Stephen Garwood. Married second, Kathryn Josephine Ring, April 13, 1958. Reporter, Fort Smith Southwest American, 1920.
News editor Fort Smith Southwest Times-Record, 1922-1923.
Telegraph editor Little Rock Gazette, 1923-1927. Wire editor A.P., Atlanta, 1927-1928, New York City, 1928-1931, assistant news supervisor, New York City, 1931-1932, foreign cable editor, 1932-1933, bureau chief, Cleveland, 1933-1934, assistant feature editor, New York City, 1934-1935, bureau chief, Albany, New York, 1935-1936, chief feature editor, Washington, 1936-1942.
National Broadcasting Company fgn correspondent, London, 1942-1943, news analyst, Washington, 1941-1956, Chicago, 1959, New York City, 1958-1961. War correspondent European Theatre of Operations, London, 1943.
Radio correspondent representing all American networks, Berlin Big Three Conference, 1945.
Achievements
Membership
Member Overseas Writers’ Association, Kappa Alpha. Clubs: National Press (Washington).
Connections
Married Mary Virginia Garwood, October 15, 1928 (deceased. Married second, Kathryn Josephine Ring, April. Children: Hugh (deceased), Morgan Mercer, Stephen Garwood.
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July, 1975 (aged 72) -
Resting place
Buried Antigua. -
Nationality
American