Background
Hume, Paul Chandler was born on December 13, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Woolsey and Katherine English (Rockwell) Hume.
Hume, Paul Chandler was born on December 13, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Woolsey and Katherine English (Rockwell) Hume.
Educated, University of Chicago, 1937; Doctor of Music (honorary), Thiel College, 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rosary College, 1977; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 1979.
In addition to his role as the Post music editor, Hume hosted a long-running classical music program on WGMS radio in Washington, District of Columbia, and was guest commentator for the New York Metropolitan Opera intermission broadcasts. He was also a professor of music at Georgetown University from 1950 to 1977 and adjunct professor of music at Yale University from 1975 to 1983. Hume was best known for his critical review in December 1950 of a concert by Margaret Truman and the scathing letter he later received from her father, President Harry South. Truman.
Truman called Hume "an eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay." He further told him: lieutenant seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful.
When you write such poppy-cock as was in the back section of the paper you work for it shows conclusively that you"re off the beam and at least four of your ulcers are at work. Some day I hope to meet you.
When that happens you"ll need a new nose, a lot of beef steak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below! Pegler, a guttersnipe, is a gentleman alongside you. I hope you"ll accept that statement as a worse insult than a reflection on your ancestry.
Truman was criticized by many for the letter.
However, he pointed out that he wrote it as a loving father and not as the president
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He was a member of the American Association of University Professors, the Music Critics Association, and the Cosmos Club.
Married Ruth Fox, December 29, 1949. Children: Paul, Michael, Ann, Peter.