Background
Phelps, Robert Howard was born on July 19, 1919 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Vernon and Ruth Edwina (Fox) Phelps.
Phelps, Robert Howard was born on July 19, 1919 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Vernon and Ruth Edwina (Fox) Phelps.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1941; Master of Science, Columbia University, 1950.
Reporter, Ambridge Citizen, (Pennsylvania)., 1941-1942; reporter, Uttar Pradesh, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1942-1943, 46-49; copy editor, Providence Journal-Bulletin, 1952-1954; assistant to national editor, then assistant metropolitan editor, Washington editor, New York Times, 1954-1974; assistant managing editor, managing editor, executive editor, Boston Globe, 1974-1982; vice president, Affiliated Publs. (Boston Globe), 1982-1987; editor, Nieman Reports, since 1989.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Married Elizabeth Rita King, January 10, 1947.