Carl Leubsdorf

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Carl Philipp Leubsdorf (born March 17, 1938 in New York City) is a long-time Washington, D.C. political journalist. He is currently Washington Bureau Chief for the Dallas Morning News, a post he has held since 1981. He current president of the Gridiron Club and former president of the White House Correspondents' Association.

After attending the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, he attended Cornell University, where he worked for the Cornell Daily Sun. He was elected Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with honors in 1959 with a degree in government. He subsequently earned an M.S. with honors in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has worked as a staff writer for the Associated Press (1960-1975) in New Orleans, New York, and Washington; as chief political writer for the AP 1972-75; and as Washington correspondent for The Baltimore Sun 1976-81 prior to his engagement with the Dallas Morning News.[1]

He married to Susan Page, currently Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, in 1982. A previous marriage had ended in divorce.[2]

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  1. ^ Dallas Morning News bio: Carl Leubsdorf.
  2. ^ "Carl P. Leubsdorf Weds Susan Page", The New York Times, 1982-05-23. 
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