Background
Hale, William Harlan was born on July 21, 1910 in New York City. Son of William Bayard and Olga (Unger) Hale.
Hale, William Harlan was born on July 21, 1910 in New York City. Son of William Bayard and Olga (Unger) Hale.
Student Riverdale Country School, 1924-1927. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1931.
Associate editor Vanity Fair magazine, 1932-1933. Columnist Washington Post, 1933. Editorial associate Fortune magazine, 1934-1935.
Free lance writer for various magazines, 1935-1941.
Special writer Norman Belorussian Geddes & Company, 1939. With O.W.I., 1941-1945, in charge of radio broadcasts to Germany from New York, chief of German propaganda operations for O.W.I., London, chief of Radio Luxembourg for psychological warfare division, supreme hdgrs.
American Expeditionary Force. Policy adviser, information control division United States Forces European Theater, Bad Homburg, Germany.
Senior editor New Republic, 1946-1947.
Senior writer The Reporter, 1948-1949, contributing editor, 1954-1958. Appointed United States Foreign Service Reserve Officer, 1950, press attache and chief information branch Office United States High Commissioner American embassy, Vienna, 1st secretary, director public affairs division, 1952-1953. Managing editor Horizon magazine, New York City, 1958-1961, editor, 1961-1963, editor Horizon Books, New York City, 1963-1967, senior writer, 1967-1968.
Club: Century Association (New York City).
Married Jean Laughlin Barker, August 19, 1941. Children: Katherine, Jonathan, Elizabeth.