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Newman, Ralph Geoffrey was born on November 3, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry and Dora (Glickman) Newman.
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Newman, Ralph Geoffrey was born on November 3, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry and Dora (Glickman) Newman.
Doctor of Letters, James Milliken University (Lincoln College), 1950. Doctor of Letters, Knox College. Doctor of Letters, Rockford College.
Doctor of Laws, Iowa Wesleyan College. Little D., Meisei University, Tokyo.
He owned the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, and hosted a monthly gathering known as the Civil War Round Table. He was an expert in Civil War-related manuscripts. He played minor league second base for Tucson and Wichita.
Newman also was an appraiser who evaluated the papers of six United States presidents: Hoover, Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.
Newman was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 1975 on charges of preparing a false affidavit that helped Richard Nixon obtain an illegal tax break on papers he donated and subsequently convicted in November 1975. Ralph Newman married Estelle Hoffman and they had two daughters, Maxine Newman Brandenburg and Carol Newman Parry.
He later remarried, to actress Patricia Lyons.
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Chairman Illinois committee New York World's Fair, 1963-1965. Chairman Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission, 1965-1969. Member Illinois Special Events Commission, 1969-1973, Book and Library.
Commission, United States Information Agency, since 1983. Past president Adult Education Council Greater Chicago. Board regents Lincoln Academy Illinois.
City archivist, City of Chicago, 1979-1980. President board directors Chicago Public Library, 1964-1979. Trustee Lincoln College.
Past chairman board directors Ford's Theatre Society, Washington. President Urban Libraries Council, 1970-1978. Board directors Chicago Fund on Ageing and Disability, 1987-1989.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. Member Civil War Round Table Chicago (founder 1940, Harry S. Truman award Kansas City chapter 1966), Royal Arts Society (London), Abraham Lincoln Association (director), Stephen A. Douglas Association (chairman, board directors), Ulysses S. Grant Association (president 1962-1990, president emeritus since 1990), American, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Chicago history societies, American Legion, American Library Association, American Booksellers Association, Bibliographical Societies American, United States Information Agency (book and library committee), Society of America Historians, Newberry Library Associates Chicago, Phi Alpha Theta. Clubs: Arts, Casino, Caxton, International Tavern (Chicago), Sangamo (Springfield, Illinois), Union League.
Married Estelle Hoffman, 1934 (divorced). Children: Maxine (Mistress Richard G. Brandenburg), Carol (Mistress John Fox). Married Patricia Lyons Simon, 1972.