Background
Mowrer, Paul Scott was born on July 14, 1887 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Rufus and Nellie (Scott) Mowrer.
Mowrer, Paul Scott was born on July 14, 1887 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Rufus and Nellie (Scott) Mowrer.
Graduate Hyde Park High School, Chicago, 1905. Special student, University of Michigan, 1906-1908, honorary Doctor of Laws, same, 1941.
Began as reporter, Chicago Daily News, 1905. Appointed Paris correspondent, same newspaper, April 1910. Correspondent with allied armies, first Balkan War., 1912-1913.
Organized and directed Chicago Daily News war service in France, 1914-November, 1918.
Permanently accredited to French armies as official war correspondent, July 1, 1917, to end of war. Director Chicago Uaily News Peace Conference Bureau, November 11, 1918-August 31, 1919.
War correspondent Moroccan campaigns in Riff, 1924, 25. Associate editor and chief editorial writer Chicago Daily News, 1934-1935, editor, 1935-1944.
European editor, New York Post, 1945.
Pulitzer prize for best foreign correspondent, 1928. Sigma Delta Chi national scholarship award for foreign correspondence, 1932.
Member Poetry Society New Hampshire (U.S.) (laureate). Club: New England Poetry.
Married Winifred Adams, May 8, 1909. Married second, Hadley Richardson Hemingway, 1933. Children: Richard, Scott, David Adams.