Don Oberdorfer

Who they were

Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (born 1931)

Early life

Educated at: Princeton University.

Path and career

Worked with / for: Johns Hopkins University and The Washington Post.

Awards / honours: Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting.

Career Oberdorfer was born in Atlanta , Georgia and attended Druid Hills High School . [ 1 ] He later graduated from Princeton University in 1952, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and went to South Korea as a U.S. Army lieutenant after the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War . In 1955 he joined The Charlotte Observer , and eventually found a job with The Washington Post . During the next 25 years, he worked for The Post , serving as White House correspondent , Northeast Asia correspondent,

Why this date

Don Oberdorfer appears on our July 23 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.