David Schoenbrun
| David Schoenbrun | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Franz Schoenbrun March 15, 1915 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
May 23, 1988 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Alma mater | City College of New York |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Schoenbrun |
| Children | 1 |
David Franz Schoenbrun (March 15, 1915 – May 23, 1988) was an American broadcast journalist.
Biography
In 1915, Schoenbrun was born in New York City. He began his career teaching French.[1]
Schoenbrun enlisted in the Army in 1943 and became a World War 2 correspondent covering North Africa through to the liberation of France, for which he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour.[2]
After the war, from 1947 to 1964, Schoenbrun worked for CBS, serving primarily as the network's bureau chief in Paris, where he met and interviewed the President Charles de Gaulle a number of times. He was one of the reporters known as Murrow's Boys.[3]
In 1959, at the age of 44, Schoenbrun received the Alfred I. duPont Award.[4]
From the 1960s through the 1980s, Schoenbrun served as a news analyst for WNEW Radio in New York (now WBBR) and other Metromedia broadcast properties, and later for crosstown WPIX Television and its Independent Network News operation. In the mid-1970s, he served as a foreign affairs analyst for a short-lived public television channel in Los Angeles.
Schoenbrun is the author of On and Off the Air, a personal account of the history of CBS News through the 1970s. Schoenbrun also wrote several books concerning World-War-II-era France and other works drawn from his experiences as a newsman.
Schoenbrun died of a heart attack in New York City, at the age of 73.[1]
Bibliography
- Schoenbrun, David (1957). As France Goes. Harper. ASIN B0006D8POY.
- Schoenbrun, David (1963). Casebook of a Southern Senator. Esquire. ASIN B0007FRPN8.
- Schoenbrun, David (1968). Vietnam: How We Got In, How To Get Out. Holiday House. ISBN 978-0689102424.
- Schoenbrun, David (1968). The Three Lives of Charles de Gaulle. Atheneum Books. ASIN B0000CN0TD.
- Schoenbrun, David (1973). The New Israelis. Atheneum Books. ASIN B000P1QLIE.
- Schoenbrun, David (1976). Triumph in Paris: The exploits of Benjamin Franklin. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0060138547.
- Schoenbrun, David (1980). Soldiers of the Night. E. P. Dutton. ISBN 978-0525206637.
- Schoenbrun, David (1986). America Inside Out. Mcgraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070554771.
- Schoenbrun, David (1989). On and off the Air: An Informal History of CBS News. Dutton Adult. ISBN 978-0525247654.
- Schoenbrun, David (1990). Maquis: The Story of the French Resistance. Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 978-0709042341.
See also
References
- 1 2 Lyall, Sarah (May 24, 1988). "David Schoenbrun Is Dead at 73; Veteran Journalist for CBS News". The New York Times.
- ↑ Murray, Michael D., ed. (1998). Encyclopedia of Television News. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 228. ISBN 978-1573561082.
- ↑ Folkart, Burt A. (May 25, 1988). "Obituaries : D. Schoenbrun; Francophile, World War II Correspondent". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "All duPont-Columbia Award Winners". Columbia Journalism School. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2017.