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Shaplen, Robert Modell was born on March 22, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph and Sonia (Modell) Shaplen.
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Shaplen, Robert Modell was born on March 22, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph and Sonia (Modell) Shaplen.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1937; Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1938; postgraduate (Nieman fellow), Harvard University, 1947-1948.
Reporter, New York Herald Tribune, 1937-1943; S.W. Pacific War correspondent, Newsweek magazine, 1943-1945; Far East bureau chief, Newsweek magazine, Shanghai, 1945-1947; writer, Fortune magazine, 1948-1950; member foreign staff, Collier's magazine, also foreign correspondent 15 newspapers, 1950-1952; staff writer, New Yorker magazine, 1952-1988; Far East correspondent, New Yorker magazine, Hong Kong, 1962-1978; Distinguished visiting Marsh professor communications, University of Michigan, 1980.
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Member of Harvard (New York City).
Married Martha Lucas, April 10, 1953 (divorced 1962). 1 son, Peter Lucas; married June Herman, March 31, 1962 (deceased October 1982). Children: Peter, Kate, Jason.
Married Jayjia Hsia, June 1984.
