Quincy Howe | |
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 Howe (left) with fellow journalistJohn Daly providing commentary forABC's1952presidential convention coverage. | |
| Born | (1900-08-17)August 17, 1900 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1977(1977-02-17) (aged 76) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Father | Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe, Jr. |
| Relatives | Helen Howe (sister) |
Quincy Howe (August 17, 1900 – February 17, 1977) was an American journalist, best known for hisCBS radio broadcasts duringWorld War II. His daughter was playwrightTina Howe.
Born inBoston, Massachusetts,[1] Quincy Howe was the son ofMark Anthony De Wolfe Howe; his sister wasHelen Howe. He was a 1921 graduate ofHarvard University.[2]
Howe served as director of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union before the Second World War, and as chief editor atSimon & Schuster from 1935 to 1942. He once said that life began for him in 1939, when he began to broadcast news and commentary onWQXR radio in New York City.[1]
Howe joined CBS in June 1942, doing the opening news summary on the radio network'sThe World Today newscast.[2]
He left CBS in 1947 to joinABC. In the fall of 1955, he hosted four episodes of the 26-week prime time seriesMedical Horizons on ABC before he was replaced in that capacity byDon Goddard.
In the early 1950s, Howe was an associate professor of journalism and communications at the University of Illinois.[3]
Howe moderated the first ever televised presidential primary debate in 1956, betweenDemocratic candidatesAdlai Stevenson andEstes Kefauver. He also moderated the fourth and finalKennedy/Nixon debate on October 21, 1960, which had the topic of foreign affairs.[4] Howe retired from broadcasting in 1974. He died fromcancer of the larynx.[5]
