His work tears down many purported barriers between science, philosophy, and religion. 12. Her memoir, Personal History, won . Verbal attacks were hurled at the publisher, with one sign at a union rally declaring, "Phil shot the wrong Graham.". Characteristically, she prepared thoroughly for her speeches, interviewing other experts on their subjects at The Post, Newsweek and elsewhere, just as she had done much of the painstaking research for her autobiography. Tuvieron una hija, Lally Weymouth Morris, y sus tres hijos: Donald Edward Graham, William Welsh Graham y Stephen Meyer Graham. The pressmen maintained a picket line for many more weeks, but the strike was over, as was their union's existence at The Post. Mrs. Graham found him in a downstairs bathroom. Post lawyers urged Bradlee to wait until the courts decided the New York Times case. Graham attended Miami High School and graduated from the University of Florida in 1936, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, and from Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Harvard Law Review and earned a magna cum laude degree, in 1939. To Mrs. Graham, her father was "very shy and remote on one level, witty but very distant and unable to be intimate." [citation needed], Meyer's parents owned several homes across the country, but primarily lived between a "castle" on a large estate near Mount Kisco, New York, and a mansion in Washington, D.C. Meyer often did not see much of her parents during her childhood, as both traveled and socialized extensively; she was raised in part by nannies, governesses and tutors. 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.". What she despised was the sexist way that her mistakes, particularly with executives, were ascribed to the belief that she was a "difficult woman" to work with, one who acted on female whims. In her library, a tense Mrs. Graham listened on the phone as Beebe, a trusted adviser, explained the dispute. Mrs. Graham also accepted and capitalized on her growing global stature. 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. Several employees, including editorial and commercial workers who had voted to cross the picket line because of the pressroom violence, were beaten. Peter Bradshaw. Graham pointed to a picture of his grandfather Eugene Meyer and his father, Philip Graham, . She could also be extremely forceful, and she could match Ben Bradlee's well-known facility for colorful language. Don't miss. 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. 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. Shy and vulnerable, she was terrified of asking dumb questions and making mistakes as she entered the mostly male world of publishing, she said later. Thus began what Mrs. Graham termed her "business-side Watergate," a 139-day strike that climaxed a series of Post labor conflicts, ironic battles for a woman with a history of pro-labor leanings as a university student and young journalist. It ended with replacement workers being hired. 1,845.60. The cream-colored mansion sits on more than an acre and has the feel of a country estate. Katharine Meyer was born in New York City on June 16, 1917, the fourth of the five children of Eugene Meyer and Agnes Ernst Meyer. 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. Praising Diana after she died in a 1997 car accident, Mrs. Graham said the princess's social activism "was from her heart. By Stephen Meyer Nov 16, 2017. Services: Viewing will be on Sunday, March 5th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at McCrery & Harra Funeral Home, 3710 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington. By this time, Mrs. Graham had acquired glamour as well as fame and influence. [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. 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. While Graham cited many other people, as well as sheer luck, for playing vital roles in the company's success, the driving force behind it all was her passionate devotion to the company. Media. Ethnicity: African-Jamaican (paternal grandfather), Swedish, English, Irish. shelved 20,638 times. In 1974, the company bought the Trenton (N.J.) Times. . A year later, after $20 million had been spent, it too was sold. [19] On Christmas Eve in 1962, Katharine learned her husband was having an affair with Robin Webb, an Australian stringer for Newsweek. He had mood swings and often belittled her. Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III A pleasure to read, [Meyer's] inviting voice brings light to bear on complicated and profoundly influential subjects. Philip Graham se convirti en editor del Post en 1946, cuando Eugene Meyer entreg el peridico a su yerno. The Post Co. also has interests in Bowater Mersey Paper Co., the International Herald Tribune newspaper and the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service. In 2004, Meyer ignited a firestorm of media and scientific controversy when a biology journal at the . 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. "Ned" McLean, who had squandered a fortune and was confined to a psychiatric hospital. He told her that he liked working for Newsweek in Washington but that "I'd give my left one to be managing editor of The Post.". Some investments were still unsuccessful. Stephen Joseph Graham OBE (born 3 August 1973) is a British actor. The home at 18 East 78th Street spans. ", Bradlee remained determined to pursue his vision for Style and answered another of her suggestions for it by saying, "I can't edit this section unless you get your finger out of my eye.". His work tears down many purported barriers between science, philosophy, and religion. In 1987, Graham won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. . and they're going to have to get it renewed." Stephen Meyer: Well, the God hypothesis is the idea that the postulation of the existence of God provides explanatory power, with respect to observations we can make about the natural world.And in the book, I argue that the God hypothesis provides superior explanatory power over and against other competing metaphysical hypothesis or worldviews, whether it be deism or materialism or pantheism . Revenue grew nearly twentyfold, the company acquired numerous new businesses, and it became a public corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2017, Graham was portrayed by Meryl Streep in the Steven Spielberg film The Post. 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 2002, Graham was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[45]. At the University of Chicago, Katherine Graham has a dormhouse in Max Palevsky Residential Commons named after her. William Welsh Graham arrived in 1948 and Stephen Meyer Graham in 1952. Mrs. Graham recalled that "curiously I not only concurred but was in complete accord with the idea. By the early 1970s, the unions for both the printers, who set stories in type, and the pressmen, who ran the presses that printed the paper, were using slowdowns as bargaining tactics in contract negotiations in which the company sought work rule changes. William Graham was a 1966 graduate of the private St. Albans School in Washington and a 1970 graduate of Stanford University, where he majored in history and was active in the antiwar movement. Bradlee said she "had the guts of a burglar.". 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. In the late 1970s, she served as one of the 16 members of the Brandt Commission -- along with Brandt, Heath, Pierre Mendez-France of France, Olaf Palme of Sweden and Eduardo Frei of Chile -- that recommended increased economic cooperation between industrialized nations of the Northern Hemisphere and developing nations of the Southern Hemisphere. But it is certainly the publisher's responsibility to see that the paper is complete, accurate, fair and as excellent as possible. 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With the new crews running the presses, the mailers' union voted in mid-February to accept a new contract, and other unions soon followed. Nixon's campaign manager, John Mitchell, told Bernstein that if The Post printed a story about him sharing control, while he was attorney general, of a secret fund to gather intelligence on Democrats, "Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer." In 1997, she published her memoir, "Personal History," which received critical acclaim, became a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. . . Some of her pleasures were modest. Eugene Meyer once said to legendary Washington social figure Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "You watch my little Kate. (That is Jerry Coyne's blog.) He is affiliated with many hospitals including Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital, Ministry Saint Marys Hospital. ", 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. And she frequently hosted local, national and international political, business and civic leaders at the newspaper and in her Georgetown home. Let the Times carry the burden of the First Amendment argument against the government, they said. ", Warren Buffett, the legendary stock investor and the company's largest shareholder outside the Graham family, became a close friend and business mentor to Mrs. Graham after he began buying large amounts of Post stock soon after it was first offered publicly in the l970s. sort by. 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. Katharine Graham worked as a newspaper publisher in the United States. Her son, Donald, The Post Co.'s current chairman and CEO, also was attending the conference. [citation needed], Her older sister Florence Meyer was a successful photographer and wife of actor Oscar Homolka. Former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement that "Washington, D.C., will not be the same without her. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was an American publisher. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. Founded in 1979 by Stephen Graham, New York Theatre Workshop is one of the leading producing theatres of new work in the United States, The company's very first production was A Day in the Life of the Czar, written by Frank O'Hara and V.R. Complaints from readers and advertisers proliferated. An important book of both breadth and depth. In 1979, Deborah Davis published a book titled Katharine the Great about Graham. 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 . Characteristically modest about her accomplishment, Mrs. Graham, then 80, was amazed that she had won a Pulitzer Prize. During the more than two years of the Watergate scandal that followed, The Post Co. was the target of unrelenting hostility from the White House and its friends. "Far from troubling me that my father thought of my husband and not me, it pleased me," she wrote in her autobiography. "Partly this arose from my particular experience, but to the extent that it stemmed from the narrow way women's roles were defined, it was a trait shared by most women in my generation. 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." 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 born in New York City, United States of America. As production costs rose, profit margins decreased. 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]. Her mother was Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, and her father was Eugene Isaac Meyer. When friends persuaded her to pay attention to clothes, she patronized Halston, Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass. In December 1988, Business Month magazine named The Post Co. one of the five best-managed companies in the nation. Vindicated by events, she gained a reputation for courage and devotion to principle that carried around the world. Suddenly, four challenges were filed against the company's Florida TV license renewals, triggering a 50 percent plunge in the price of Post stock. And she later bought and renovated a house on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, where in the summer she entertained streams of friends. In 1954, Philip Graham and Eugene Meyer, who was a close adviser to his son-in-law until his death in 1959, bought the competing morning newspaper, the Times-Herald, for $8.5 million. Meyer acted through an intermediary and kept his identity secret until the sale became final. The diagnosis was manic depression. Philip Leslie Phil Graham (July 18, 1915 August 3, 1963) was an American newspaper publisher. Cathy Graham paid $14.5 million to her ex-husband Stephen the heir to the Washington Post fortune for the Upper East Side townhouse they once shared. "I was beside myself with worry," Mrs. Graham said. Of the five Meyer children, she was the closest to her parents, and she was the only one to show an interest in journalism. ", D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, who ordered that flags be flown at half staff at all District government facilities, said that "Mrs. Graham has been a part of this city not only as a preeminent publisher, but as a businesswoman and an active civic leader.". Her son Donald was publisher from 1979 until 2000.[29]. [citation needed], After graduation, Meyer worked for a short period at a San Francisco newspaper where, among other things, she helped cover a major strike by wharf workers. At first, she relied on Frederick S. "Fritz" Beebe, a New York lawyer who had become chairman of the company after the purchase of Newsweek in 1961. Watch my little Kate where in the summer she entertained streams of.... 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