Background
Byrd, Harry Flood was born on December 20, 1914 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Son of Harry Flood and Anne Douglas (Beverley) Byrd.
Byrd, Harry Flood was born on December 20, 1914 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Son of Harry Flood and Anne Douglas (Beverley) Byrd.
Student, Virginia Military Institute, 1931-1933; student, University Virginia, 1933-1935; honorary Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Humane Letters, D. International Service.
Editor, Winchester Evening Star, from 1935; public, Harrisonburg (Virginia) Daily News-Record, since 1937; President, director, Rockingham Public Company, from 1946; director, A.P., 1950-1966; vice president, member Executive Committee. Member, Virginia Senate, 1947-1965; member, United States Senate from Virginia, 1965-1983.
Member Virginia Democratic Central Committee, 1940-1966. Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve,1942-1946. Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, Virginia Press Association (Man of Year), American Legion, Masons (33 degree, inspector general honorary).
Married Gretchen B. Thomson, August 9, 1941 (deceased October 1989). Children: Harry, Thomas Thomson, Beverley.