Citizenship American Spouse Grace Bernstein | Name Fred Hechinger | |
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Born July 7, 1920
Nuremberg, Germany ( 1920-07-07 ) Alma mater City College of New York Died November 6, 1995, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Books Growing Up in America Education DeWitt Clinton High School, City College of New York | ||
Notable awards George Polk Awards | ||
Fred M. Hechinger (July 7, 1920 Nuremberg, Germany - November 6, 1995 Manhattan) was an education editor at The New York Times from 1959 to 1990.
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Life
He came to the U.S. in 1936. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, in 1937. He completed his bachelor's degree at City College of New York. He served in the U.S. Army, during World War II. He was a foreign correspondent, for the Overseas News Agency. He was an education writer for The Times of London, The New York Herald Tribune, The Washington Post and Harper's. In 1950, he became education editor at The Herald Tribune.
He was a member of the National Advisory Committee for the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, and Senior Advisor to the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Family
He married Grace Bernstein; they had two sons, Paul D. Hechinger, John E. Hechinger.
Legacy
The Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting was established by Education Writers Association.
The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College, Columbia University, was named for him.
The Fred M. Hechinger Education Journalism Award is awarded by the Columbia Journalism School.
His papers are held at the Hoover Institution.