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Friends, family recall importance of Club to Bill Hickman
The National Press Club was a central part of Bill Hickman’s life, friends and family remembered at a Life Celebration in Vienna, Virginia, on Monday, Nov. 13. Hickman died at the age of 77 on Nov. 10 as a result of complications from lung cancer. Hickman directed the $90-million redevelopment of the National Press Building, he introduced members to the Press Club and he made friends there, mourners said. Joe Motheral, chairman of the NPC’S Book & Author Committee on which Hickman served, remembered how he met Hickman at the Club and the two men began meeting each other for lunch and the…
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Russell Baker, Pulitzer-winning columnist, dies
Fourth Estate Award winner Russell Baker, 93, died on Jan. 21 at his home in Leesburg, Va., after a long career as a journalist and author that include two Pulitzer Prizes. Baker grew up in Loudoun County, Va. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University he began his career as a journalist. That took him and his wife, Mimi, to Baltimore, New York, Washington and London. He covered presidents and the Senate among other illustrious assignments. His credits include a Pulitzer Prize for his New York Times column entitled the "Observer". His book “Growing Up,'' about his life as a youngster in…
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Don North, Vietnam war correspondent, 22-year National Press Club member
Don North, a member of the National Press Club for 22 years, died on Jan. 7 of complications from a heart attack, his son, Glen, said in a note addressed to the “Vietnam Old Hacks,” an informal association of correspondents who covered the Vietnam war. Don studied international journalism at the Columbia University graduate school, after graduating from the University of British Columbia. A young and adventurous Canadian, he headed for Hong Kong, and then for Vietnam as the war involved increasing numbers of American troops and news media. Don freelanced, with pen, pad and camera, and ABC…
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Long-time journalist, philanthropist Bernard 'BJ' Cutler, 94
Bernard Joseph "BJ" Cutler, a National Press Club member from 1970 until 2005, died Jan. 2. Following is an edited obituary from the Gridiron Club: Bernard Joseph "BJ" Cutler, one of the last of the post-WWII “old school” journalists, died Jan. 2 at Sibley Hospital in Washington after suffering a massive stroke a few days earlier. He was 94 year old. His 50-year illustrious career as a journalist included positions at the Pittsburgh Press, The New York Herald Tribune and Scripps Howard that took him all over the world including a 12-year assignment in Paris and a 3-year assignment in Moscow…
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Thomas B. Allen, author, historian, lecturer, 26-year National Press Club member dies
Thomas B. Allen, a prolific author, historian and lecturer, died Dec. 11 of heart failure at the age of 89. He was a 26-year member of the National Press Club and lived in Bethesda, Maryland. While most of his more than 25 books dealt with U.S. history, perhaps his most famous was Possessed, the story of a Maryland boy whose real exorcism inspired the 2000 Showtime movie by the same name. Allen also co-wrote the script for a documentary based on the book, "In the Grip of Evil." He published his first book, Shadows in the Sea, in 1963, and his last, 1789, is scheduled to be published next…
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John Fales, 78, known as "Sgt. Shaft"
John Fales, known as "Sgt. Shaft," a vigorous advocate for veterans and a 25-year member of the National Press Club, died on Monday, Nov. 26, of congestive heart failure. Ashish Vazirani said his stepfather "passed peacefully and quickly with my mother, Heea Vazirani-Fales, at his side." Fales, who used his pen name for his nationally syndicated veterans' help column, was a founder and president of the Blinded American Veterans Foundation, which lobbied on behalf of veterans are blind or have other sensory disabilities. He retired in 2006 after 30 years with the Corporation for National and…
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Douglas Turner, former NPC governor, dies at 86
Olympic rower. Top editor of Buffalo’s underdog morning paper. And a fixture in Washington journalism who served on the National Press Club’s Board of Governors in the turbulent 1980s. Douglas L. Turner, longtime Washington bureau chief for The Buffalo News, fulfilled all those roles during his life – and was a lively, unforgettable presence in each of them. Turner, 86, died at his home in Springfield, Va., on Nov. 4 after a long illness. Brilliant, voluble and hilarious, Turner was a frequent presence at the Club throughout the first few decades of his nearly 40 years in Washington…
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Herman Joseph Obermayer, longtime member, supporter of the library, and publisher of the No. Va. Sun
Herman Joseph Obermayer, a longtime member of the National Press Club and publisher of the Northern Virginia Sun before selling it to the Gazette newspapers, died at his home in Arlington. He was 91. Obermayer was a contributor to the Eric Friedheim library expansion, among his other charitable good works. Click here to read The Washington Post obituary, which is also posted on the Fellowship Board at the Club.
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William Hummer, 65-year Club member, dies at 91
William B. Hummer, an economist, financial journalist and 65-year member of the National Press Club, died Nov. 22 in Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 91 and a long-time resident of the Chicago area. Born in LaSalle, Ill., Hummer worked as a journalist after graduating from Princeton University in 1948 with a degree in economics. He worked in Chicago for the Journal of Commerce and in D.C. for the Washington Times-Herald before joining the investment firm founded by his father, Wayne Hummer. He served on numerous economic and forecasting adviser…
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Funeral Services for former NPC President Arthur Wiese
The following are details of funeral services for former National Press Club President Art Wiese, who died recently. A funeral mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Apr. 29, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 1427 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA 22302. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 28, at Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home, 1500 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA 22302. The family suggested memorial to any of the following: National Press Club Fellowship Committee, the National Press Foundation, the Gridiron Foundation, Catholic Charities of the Arlington Diocese and…
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