Background
Beveridge, George David was born on January 5, 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George David and Lillian Agnes (Little) Beveridge.
Beveridge, George David was born on January 5, 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George David and Lillian Agnes (Little) Beveridge.
Although he lived briefly in Arlington, Virginia and raised his family in Bethesda, Doctor of Medicine, he regarded himself a lifelong resident of the District, where he graduated from Eastern High School.
Born in Washington, Beveridge"s father worked as a machinist for the federal government during the Great Depression. After graduating from high school Beveridge began his journalism career as a copyboy at the city"s Evening Star. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, where he wrote press releases before returning to the Star for what became a 41-year career there as reporter, editor, editorial writer, and ombudsman.
Beveridge joined the Evening Star in 1940 as a copyboy while attending George Washington University in the city.
He worked his way up the ladder from general assignment reporter to local and then national news reporter. In 1958 Beveridge wrote a series of articles about urban growth and development in Washington and its Maryland and Northern Virginia suburbs (much of the current Washington metropolitan area), delineating the concept of those municipalities acting together as a region.
The series, titled "Metro, City of Tomorrow" earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Number Edition Time (a predecessor of the Investigative Reporting Prize). The jury called the series "excellent and thought-provoking.. describing in depth the urban problems of Washington, District of Columbia, which stimulated widespread public consideration of these problems and encouraged further studies by both public and private agencies.
In 1963, he began an 11-year stint as the Star"s chief editorial writer on local affairs
After returning to the newsroom as assistant managing editor for local news, he became the Star"s first ombudsman. When the paper folded in 1981, Beveridge co-wrote the lead story for its last edition George Beveridge died of leukemia at his home in Bethesda on February 14, 1987, aged 65.
Served to Lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1946.
Married Betty Jean Derwent, June 6, 1944. Children: Barbara J., Deborah A., David C.