Hugh Sidey
Hugh Swanson Sidey | |
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| Born | September 3, 1927 Greenfield, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 2005(aged 78) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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| Institutions | Creighton University |
Hugh Swanson Sidey(September 3, 1927 – November 21, 2005) was anIowa State Universityeducated Americanjournalistwho worked forLifemagazine starting in 1955, then moved on toTimemagazine in 1957.[1]
He covered nine Presidents, from Eisenhower to Clinton, and was author of the bookHugh Sidey's Portraits of the Presidents.
Biography
[edit]Born inGreenfield, Iowa,in 1927, he attendedIowa State Collegeand graduated with aB.S.in journalism. After graduation he worked for local newspapers inCouncil BluffsandOmaha.While in Omaha, he taught undergraduate journalism classes atCreighton Universitywhere he was exposed to frequent, lengthy political debates between conservatives and liberals alike. He learned the lasting lesson that it was paramount to have all your facts straight and that how you said something was sometimes more important than what you said. An oldJesuitat Creighton recommended him to some former students in New York and Sidey landed a job withLifemagazine where he made an immediate impact.
Sidey correctly guessed that something was amiss when in 1966 he saw the fastidiously dressed PresidentLyndon B. Johnsonwearing brown shoes with a gray suit. Johnson then flew to Vietnam for a surprise public relations visit later that day.[2]
He hosted thePBSseriesThe American Presidents.Sidey served as president of the board of directors of theWhite House Historical Associationfrom 1998 to 2001, during the White House's bicentenary celebration.
Sidey died of an apparentheart attackwhile vacationing inParisat the age of 78.[3]Former presidentGeorge H. W. Bushdelivered a eulogy at Sidey's funeral. Sidey left behind three daughters, a son and his wife, Anne.
In 2006, The Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship in Print Journalism was established at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communications at Iowa State University by The White House Historical Association.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Martin, Douglas (2005-11-23)."Hugh Sidey, Who Covered the Presidency for Time, Dies at 78".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2023-01-31.
- ^Sidey, Hugh(1980-06-30)."The Meaning of the Cordovans"(web reprint).Time.Retrieved2021-02-12.
- ^"Hugh Sidey".IMDb.Retrieved2019-02-18.
- ^"Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship".WHHA (en-US).
- "Timebiography ".Archived fromthe originalon February 10, 2001.RetrievedNovember 23,2005.
- Time Warner author page[permanent dead link]
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