He advised her against acquiring what he considered overpriced media properties. "The paper, really the company, always has been the most important thing in her whole life," he said. A striking figure who stood 5 feet 9 inches tall, she was serious, attentive, well-mannered and generally soft-spoken. Graham took over the Post company in 1963 after the suicide of her husband, Philip Graham, and built it into a profitable conglomerate of newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable properties, including Newsweek. Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III A pleasure to read, [Meyer's] inviting voice brings light to bear on complicated and profoundly influential subjects. Graham had strong links to the Rockefeller family, serving both as a member of the Rockefeller University council and as a close friend of the Museum of Modern Art, where she was honored as a recipient of the David Rockefeller Award for enlightened generosity and advocacy of cultural and civic endeavors. [9] Her siblings included Florence, Eugene III (Bill), Ruth and Elizabeth Meyer. Soon she was covering labor news and the waterfront. Graham presided over the Post at a crucial time in its history. Although she eventually lost her early diffidence, it was widely remarked that she projected an aura of vulnerability long after she had become a respected figure on the world stage. Let's go. "She set the newspaper on a course that took it to the very top ranks of American journalism in principle and excellence and fairness," said Bradlee, now a Post vice president. People named Stephen Meyer. Stephen C. Meyer directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. His work tears down many purported barriers between science, philosophy, and religion. Katharine Graham was born on June 16, 1917. Of the five Meyer children, she was the closest to her parents, and she was the only one to show an interest in journalism. Some of her pleasures were modest. Mrs. Graham was impressed, and it counted a great deal with her that Lippmann and Reston were admirers of Bradlee. . She remained active in the company and the community after her retirement, hosting newly elected Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush at her home, actively participating in interviews that Post and Newsweek editors and reporters had with newsmakers in Washington and New York, leading delegations of editors and reporters on visits to heads of state overseas, lending her presence to charitable events throughout the country and working on such local mattters as improving public schools. 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. [citation needed], On June 5, 1940, Meyer was married in a Lutheran ceremony,[9] to Philip Graham, a graduate of Harvard Law School and a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. Regarding his educational history, he received his diploma from St. Albans School, a private institution. Mrs. Graham, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Post Co. and former publisher of The Washington Post, died at 11:56 a.m. of head injuries suffered when she fell on a sidewalk Saturday in Sun Valley, Idaho, where she was attending an annual conference of media business leaders. Vindicated by events, she gained a reputation for courage and devotion to principle that carried around the world. I mean it's so crazy it's hard to answer," she said. Her mother, Agnes Meyer, was born in New York and was an active patron of the arts and supporter of education. Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was an American publisher and the second female publisher of a major American newspaper, following Eliza Jane Nicholson's ownership of the New Orleans Daily Picayune (1876-1896). Diana and Mrs. Graham joined with fashion editor Anna Wintour, then of Vogue magazine, to host a 1996 charity dinner in Washington that raised about $1 million for breast cancer research. Philip Graham planned to follow in his father's footsteps in the Florida legislature and perhaps one day run for the U.S. Senate. Streep was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (among other awards) for her work. Philip Graham also bought the company's first two television stations. Sizable financial issues also were at stake. She denounced various stories as "bitchy," "tasteless," "snide" or "grisly." . By Mrs. Graham's own account, the most difficult part of her business career was a bitter, 139-day strike by the pressmen's union at The Post in 1975 and 1976 that began when strikers set fire to part of the pressroom. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. It pitted the First Amendment of the Constitution and its guarantee of the right to publish against the government's right to protect secrets. In 1973, Graham received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College. ", But Mrs. Graham again stood behind Bradlee and his staff. But it was to be overshadowed by the issues she began to confront a year later, after Post Managing Editor Howard Simons phoned her at home on a Saturday, June 17, 1972, to tell her, as was his habit, what stories the paper was working on. Mrs. Graham took over the company in 1963 after the suicide of her husband, Philip L. Graham, who had run the company since 1946. 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 Nixon. Dawkins posted his original comments there, following a post by Coyne on the Toronto debate. Mrs. Graham had written some of the introductory material for pieces she was considering even though she was not certain the book would work out. We look back at some of his best TV and movie roles, below. Among them was a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, Philip Leslie Graham. Peaky Blinders - Hayden Stagg. . The award was presented by Awards Council member Coretta Scott King. shelved 20,638 times. Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. Meyer acted through an intermediary and kept his identity secret until the sale became final. The writer Truman Capote in 1966 had thrown a masked ball in her honor at the Plaza Hotel in New York -- guests wore black and white attire -- that became famous in the annals of party-giving. She was criticized for her missteps -- often, she thought, rightly so. ", As the head of the company, Mrs. Graham wrote in her autobiography, she was guided by the principle that "journalistic excellence and profitability go hand in hand. His work tears down many purported barriers between science, philosophy, and religion. Suddenly, four challenges were filed against the company's Florida TV license renewals, triggering a 50 percent plunge in the price of Post stock. Katharine Graham, 84, who led The Washington Post Co. to prominence in the worlds of journalism and business and became one of the most influential and admired women of her generation, died yesterday morning at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. While running the newspaper, Mr. Graham played a backstage role in politics. [47] Her funeral took place at the Washington National Cathedral. One of her sources was Harry Bridges, the head of the longshoremen's union. ", Former D.C. mayor Marion Barry, who was often strongly criticized by The Post's editorial page, praised Mrs. Graham yesterday as a publisher "who worked hard to try to get the editorial policies and newsroom of The Post to reflect Washington itself and its people." In 1957, he suffered a nervous breakdown and retired to the couple's farm in Marshall, Va., to recuperate. The Post played an integral role in unveiling the Watergate conspiracy which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The medications that are now used successfully to treat the illness were not then available. An important book of both breadth and depth." Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry, Director, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia In all, Meyer put about $20 million into the enterprise. "It isn't right for a publisher to tell an editor what to do or not to do. Donald Edward Graham (born 1945), William Welsh Graham (born 1948) and Stephen Meyer Graham (born 1952). [11], William Graham died at 69 on December 20, 2017, in his Los Angeles home. At 5 a.m. on Oct. 1, Mrs. Graham was awakened by a telephone call from Mark Meagher, The Post's general manager. In Chicago, she became quite interested in labor issues and shared friendships with people from walks of life very different from her own. In 1973, she and her management team found during a wildcat walkout that nonunion Post workers, trained to use new computer and photocomposition technology, could put out the paper without the printers. Graham's . Let the Times carry the burden of the First Amendment argument against the government, they said. In the 1990s, her younger friends included Bill Gates, the co-founder and head of Microsoft Corp., and Diana, Princess of Wales. By the end of her freshman year, she was a left-wing Democrat and supporter of the New Deal. Eugene Meyer had another idea. Elizabeth Morris Graham, now Lally Weymouth, was born in 1943. Associated persons: Jose Castro, T Mitchell, Angel Fernando Ortiz, Ramona T Perez, L Solis. Complaints from readers and advertisers proliferated. SPECIAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL PROGRAMMES AND MICE. The company's stock, first offered to the public in 1971, has been one of Wall Street's most spectacular performers. 8,671 Followers. But like a lot of people who buy a glorious old property, Ein now wants to make a few changes. Mr. By Stephen Meyer Nov 16, 2017. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle. She found an influential mentor in Buffett, the investor from Omaha. What made them such a formidable newspaper team was their shared desire to publish stories that had what Bradlee described as "impact.". The position went to Howard University-educated lawyer Walter Washington. In 2004, Meyer ignited a firestorm of media and scientific controversy when a biology journal at the . Former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement that "Washington, D.C., will not be the same without her. A key figure in this evolution was Philip Geyelin, who joined the paper in 1967 and served as editor of the editorial page from 1968 to 1979. She found it an amazing story of how Graham was able to succeed in a male-dominated industry. They had a daughter, Lally Morris Weymouth (born 1943), and three sons: Donald Edward Graham (born 1945), William Welsh Graham (1948-2017) and Stephen Meyer Graham (born 1952). The two dated, but broke off the relationship due to conflicting interests. "You inherit something and you do what you can," she said. sort by. [31][30] Graham later observed that it was "especially strange of [Mitchell] to call me Katie, which no one has ever called me. Michael earned his B.B.A. "[30] The Post published the quote, although Bradlee cut the words her tit. Steve was born in Brooklyn, NY, May 24, 1942, to Edith and Stephen Meyer Jr. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. In "Personal History," Mrs. Graham said her biggest handicap was a sense of being inadequate for the task that had befallen her. Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. Other young staff members introduced her to a group of young men who shared a house, first a row house on S Street NW, then a large house and grounds in Arlington called Hockley Hall. Their first baby died at birth. She was so ill at ease before attending the company Christmas party five months after her husband's death that she spent some time rehearsing how to say "Merry Christmas." She asked if he would support publishing that day. Stephen Meyer is a genuine renaissance person. Her memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. The 2 1/2-week Pentagon Papers episode, which ended with victory for the Times and The Post in the U.S. Supreme Court, was a turning point for Mrs. Graham and the newspaper. Like his father, Phil Graham, he died by suicide. 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. When she drove to the paper early on the morning of Oct. 1, Mrs. Graham found firetrucks, police cars, flashing red lights and shouting pickets. In December, after the pressmen overwhelmingly rejected a final contract offer, The Post began hiring and training replacement workers, a fatal blow to the union. USD/t oz. On June 13, 1933, a box on Page 1 announced that Meyer was the new owner. Summers and holidays were spent at the family estate in Mount Kisco, N.Y., or at her father's ranch near Jackson Hole, Wyo., or on trips to Europe. Buffett, who had been a Post carrier as a teenager after his father's 1942 election to Congress, became the company's largest stockholder outside the Graham family as well as one of its directors. . [41], In 1988, Graham was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[42]. They were married on June 5, 1940, settling down in a two-story row house on 37th Street NW that was just wide enough for a door and one window. Her memoir, Personal History, won . Eugene Meyer, the son of a prosperous Alsatian Jewish immigrant, was born in Los Angeles. Her father bought The Washington Post in 1933 at a bankruptcy auction. Do you know what good looks like? Her mother was a bohemian intellectual, art lover, and political activist in the Republican Party, who shared friendships with people as diverse as Auguste Rodin, Marie Curie, Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Dewey[2] and Saul Alinsky. On Aug. 3, "quite noticeably much better," according to his wife, Philip Graham was permitted to go to their farmhouse for the weekend. Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) . Other important advisers were James Reston, the chief of the New York Times bureau in Washington, and Walter Lippmann, the columnist. In 1981, after years of decline, the Washington Star went out of business, and for a brief time, The Post was the only newspaper of general circulation published in Washington. In an early example in 1968, a book on national security by Robert S. McNamara, a close friend of Mrs. Graham's and former secretary of defense who served on the board of directors of The Post Co., received a scathing and dismissive review in The Post by Ward Just because it scarcely mentioned the conflict in Vietnam. Bradlee said she "had the guts of a burglar.". Katharine Meyer was born June 16, 1917, in New York City, the fourth of five children. As a manager, her strengths were intelligence, toughness, a willingness to listen and learn, and an ability to judge character. She was a big influence in Washington in part because of that. Merseyside-born Graham has made a name for himself in hard-hitting dramas such as the This Is England franchise and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York. Liderazgo de The Washington Post. His father's name is Stephen Kelly. She held the title of president and was de facto publisher of the paper from September 1963. 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