Background
Nover, Barnet was born on February 11, 1899. Son of Louis and Beulah (Wilk) Novogrudsky. Around 1917-1919, the family changed its surname to Nover.
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Nover, Barnet was born on February 11, 1899. Son of Louis and Beulah (Wilk) Novogrudsky. Around 1917-1919, the family changed its surname to Nover.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell University, 1919, Master of Arts, 1920.
Reporter, associate editor, columnist Buffalo Eve. News, 1920-1936; professorial lecturer history and international relations U. Buffalo, 1923-1936. Associate editor, columnist foreign affairs Washington Post, 1936-1947. Recorded nationally syndicated radio program "Washington Views and Interviews" and broadcast his "World Affairs" program live to Buffalo, 1944-1947.
Chief Washington bureau Denver Post, 1947-1972. Editor Nover News Service, 1972-1973.
Writer weekly article Office of War Information, for shortwave broadcast enemy and neutral countries, also translated 35 langs. for 600 publication world newspapers World World War II. Consultant President’s air policy commission, 1947.
Member standing committee correspondence Congressional Press Galleries, 1964-1973, secretary-treasurer, 1965, chairman, 1965-1966. Served with S.A.T.C., United States Army, 1917-1918. Member American History Association, Council Foreign Relations, White House Corresponding Association Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi.
Clubs: National Press, Overseas Writers (president 1940-1943) (Washington).
From Earl Warren's remarks at Barnet Nover's funeral:
" Barney was not only a distinguished writer, he was a great human being. As he was a journalist of the widest dimensions, so was he also attuned to all the finer things of life -- nature, literature, art, music, people. In other words, he was a man for all seasons. He had the mind, the drive, and the work habits of a journalist, the curiosity of a world explorer, the interest of a naturalist, and the soul of a poet, an artist and a musician. He enjoyed the simple wonders of nature; -- a beautiful sunrise or sunset, the variation of bird songs, the beauty of a quiet mountain stream, and the restlessness of an agitated ocean tide. Not only did he love these things, he painted them in lasting beauty. In literature, he loved to quote such as Keats, Swinburne, Shelley and Frost. And when he wanted to meditate in solitude, he relaxed to the strains of Brahms, Bach and Beethoven. While those of us here today will remember him largely for these latter attributes, his profession and the public at large will remember him more for the contribution he made to a free and informative press that is so important at all times if we are to maintain a free society."
Married Naomi A. Goll, June 28, 1934.