[12], Philip Graham became publisher of the Post in 1946, when Eugene Meyer handed over the newspaper to his son-in-law. ( : Katharine Meyer Graham ; 16 1917 - 17 2001) . Any criminal prosecution could imperil the company's then-imminent public offering of $35 million in stock. J. Pierpont Morgan once said, "Watch out for this fellow Meyer because if you don't he'll end up having all the money on Wall Street." With all the attention The Post was receiving, she feared that the staff might be distracted from its daily work, that the paper might become too taken with itself, "that if your profile gets too high it will be a target.". Regarding his educational history, he received his diploma from St. Albans School, a private institution. At a newsroom celebration of the awarding of the prize, the late Meg Greenfield, then The Post's editorial page editor and a close friend of Mrs. Graham's, turned to her and said: "Now do you believe you wrote a good book?". Katharine Graham was born Katharine Meyer on June 16, 1917, in New York City. On Jan. 1, 1946, he became associate publisher. Her mother was Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, and her father was Eugene Isaac Meyer. Elizabeth Morris Graham, now Lally Weymouth, was born in 1943. In 2002, Graham was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[45]. Tweets & replies. Six months later, when Meyer joined the World Bank, he became publisher. It ended with replacement workers being hired. His book Return of the God . Don't miss. [26] She formally held the title of publisher from 1969 to 1979, and that of chairwoman of the board from 1973 to 1991. He was the publisher (from 1946 until his death) and coowner (from 1948) of The Washington Post. [41], In 1988, Graham was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[42]. Stephen Graham. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. During World War II, Philip Graham enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and rose to the rank of major. The decision would have to be Mrs. Graham's. His father's name is Stephen Kelly. The debate lasted for hours. Katharine endured a strained relationship with her mother. When she had taken control of the newspaper in 1963, The Post Co. had revenue of $84 million. shelved 20,638 times. By then, Philip Graham already was in the grip of the illness that would plague him until his death. Mrs. Graham grew up as Katharine Meyer in New York and Washington, where the family had a mansion on Crescent Place just off 16th Street NW. Ma did hold up almost impossible standards, and I thought everyone was living up to them. Stephen Meyer on Intelligent Design and The Return of the God Hypothesis Hoover Institution 776K subscribers Subscribe 1.5M views 1 year ago Recorded on March 30, 2021 To comment please go to:. Her son Donald was publisher from 1979 until 2000.[29]. A coat of pericellular hyaluronan surrounds mature dendritic cells (DC) and contributes to cell-cell interactions. On Sept. 20, 1963, after a month's cruise in the Aegean with her mother and daughter and some friends, she assumed the presidency of the company. Mrs. Graham is survived by her son Donald E. Graham, The Post's chairman and CEO; her daughter, Lally Weymouth, a Post and Newsweek journalist, of New York; her son William Graham, an investor, of Los Angeles; her son Stephen Graham, a producer, philanthropist and doctoral student of English literature, of New York; 10 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a sister, Ruth M. Epstein of Bronxville, N.Y. Some of her pleasures were modest. Like his father, Phil Graham, he died by suicide. The company's stock, first offered to the public in 1971, has been one of Wall Street's most spectacular performers. Stephen C. Meyer directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. Meyer began working for the Post in 1938. [47] Her funeral took place at the Washington National Cathedral. She was a big influence in Washington in part because of that. And a Wall Street friend with administration contacts ominously warned Mrs. Graham "not to be alone. Meyer acted through an intermediary and kept his identity secret until the sale became final. William Welsh Graham arrived in 1948 and Stephen Meyer Graham in 1952. Even when speaking about her role at The Post, she insisted that no single person could shape the persona of a newspaper. He was twice committed to Chestnut Lodge, a psychiatric hospital in Rockville. 27 febrero, 2023 . Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. Katharine Graham was born Katharine Meyer in 1917 into a privileged family in New York City, the daughter of Agnes Elizabeth (ne Ernst) and Eugene Meyer. Graham pointed to a picture of his grandfather Eugene Meyer and his father, Philip Graham, . In the spring of 1939, at her father's behest, she returned to Washington to edit the letters to the editor at The Post. In My Heart is a Chainsaw, the first book in his Indian Lake Trilogy, Stephen Graham Jones devised a climactic scene in which scores of people watching the movie Jaws while floating on the lake over the 4th of July are suddenly engulfed in a tornadic . [5][6][7][8] Along with her four siblings, Katharine was baptized as a Lutheran but attended an Episcopal church. Stephen Meyer, III The Department of History shared the sad news that Dr. Stephen "Steve" Meyer, Professor Emeritus of History at UW-Milwaukee, passed away on June 22, 2020. At 5 a.m. on Oct. 1, Mrs. Graham was awakened by a telephone call from Mark Meagher, The Post's general manager. Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was an American publisher. In 1997, she published her memoir, "Personal History," which received critical acclaim, became a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. As production costs rose, profit margins decreased. [1] Her father was a financier and, later, Chairman of the Federal Reserve. In 1946, Mrs. Graham bought the house on R Street NW in Georgetown that was to be her principal residence for the rest of her life. Gartner's New Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 Awards By Stephen Meyer Sep 6, 2017. View Details . He brought her stacks of corporate annual reports and explained their mystifying numbers. In 1966, Graham was the named honoree of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball. Let's go. In 1974, Graham became the first woman elected to the board of directors at the Associated Press. Graham hired Benjamin Bradlee as editor, and cultivated Warren Buffett for his financial advice; he became a major shareholder and something of an eminence grise in the company. He said in an interview that she "used The Post editorial board as a bully pulpit for self-determination . Mrs. Graham found him in a downstairs bathroom. Nixon, it was learned later, told aides, "The main thing is The Post is going to have damnable, damnable problems out of this one. I just admired and liked her a whole lot.". Press runs often were so late that morning delivery schedules were missed. A beloved figure throughout The Post Co., she devoted considerable time to its other holdings, especially Newsweek, for which she traveled widely to assist in its advertising sales and publishing arrangements around the world. A year later, after $20 million had been spent, it too was sold. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."[35]. Refine Your Search Results Sort by RelevanceSort by Age (Ascending)Sort by Age (Descending) All Filters 2 Steven Raymond Meyer, 63 Resides in Graham, WA Lived InSeattle WA, Carnation WA By Stephen Meyer Nov 16, 2017. "You inherit something and you do what you can," she said. "The nation's capital and our entire nation today mourn the loss of the beloved first lady of Washington and American journalism, Katharine Graham," President Bush said in a statement yesterday. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, for more than two decades, overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard . Stephen Joseph Graham OBE (born 3 August 1973) is a British actor. In social and political Washington, Mr. Graham was widely known as a man of influence. . William W. Graham, a scion of the iconic Washington Post publishers Phil and Katharine Graham, died at the age of 69 as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In December 1988, Business Month magazine named The Post Co. one of the five best-managed companies in the nation. [37][38], In 1975, Graham received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. Steve was born in Brooklyn, NY, May 24, 1942, to Edith and Stephen Meyer Jr. Katharine Graham couldn't have been happier. Results-driven business, operations, and technology consultant with demonstrated ability to collaborate and build internal and external relationships; plan, coordinate and execute projects; solve . Mrs. Graham did not know Bradlee well when they joined forces, but she admired his toughness and his eye for good stories and good reporters. . Early in 1963, he left his wife for a researcher from Newsweek's Paris office with whom he had started an affair. [43], In 2000, Graham was named one of the International Press Institute's 50 World Press Freedom Heroes of the past 50 years.[44]. [21][22] He was sedated, flown back to Washington, and placed in the Chestnut Lodge psychiatric facility in nearby Rockville. Mr. Stephen Meyer Graham Private Party Private jet tours for Forbes list clients: Mr Russel Wight, Mr Edward Easton, Mr Gerald Hosier, Mr William Schenkman. She played a major role in The Post's shared ownership and direction, with the New York Times, of the International Herald Tribune. In 1974, the company bought the Trenton (N.J.) Times. Former Washington Post Publisher's Son Dies In Suicide Similar To Father", "A new exhibit casts legendary Post publisher Katharine Graham as an accidental feminist trailblazer", "Katharine Graham's son takes his own life aged 69", "Frank Rich - Latest Columns and Features on NYMag.com - New York Magazine", "Berkshire Hathaway to swap stock for TV station in deal with Graham Holdings", "Philip Graham, 48, Publisher, A Suicide", "The History Book Club - CIVIL RIGHTS: WOMEN'S STUDIES - WOMEN'S MOVEMENT - FEMINISM Showing 1-50 of 114", "The Watergate Watershed: A Turning Point for a Nation and a Newspaper", "She was a pioneering newspaper publisher in a room full of men. (His half brother, Bob Graham, became governor of Florida and a senator). Some investments were still unsuccessful. Veteran reporter Chalmers Roberts, who was writing the first day's article, threatened to resign two weeks ahead of his planned retirement and publicly accuse The Post of cowardice if publication was delayed, and Bradlee thought others might resign as well. Mrs. Graham decided to find out what he did want to do and invited him to lunch at the 1925 F Street Club. 4.31 avg rating 1,516 ratings published 2009 26 editions. The once passive Mrs. Graham, who had long thought of herself as a "Goody Two Shoes," as always trying to please, clearly was no longer the same person. Mrs. Graham took over the company in 1963 after the suicide of her husband, Philip L. Graham, who had run the company since 1946. Katharine relata en su autobiografa, la historia personal, cmo no se . So he offered it to his son-in-law, and after talking it over with his wife, Philip Graham agreed. Like his father, Phil Graham, he died by suicide. 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