Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000

LC control no.	n 50021793
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rowan, Carl Thomas, 1925-2000
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1925-08-11
Death date	2000-09-23
Place of birth	Ravenscroft (Tenn.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	Tennessee State University United States. Navy University of Minnesota Sidney Hillman Foundation United States Information Agency Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.)
Profession or occupation	Officials and employees Diplomats Journalists Essayists
Found in	South of freedom, 1952. Go South to sorrow, 1957: t.p. (Carl T. Rowan) BGMI, Oct. 4, 2006 (Rowan, Carl T(homas) (1925-2000)) SSDI, Oct. 4, 2006 (Rowan, Carl T.; b. Aug. 11, 1925; d. Sept. 23, 2000, Washington, D.C.) African American National Biography, accessed September 12, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Rowan, Carl T; Carl Thomas; federal government official, diplomat, print journalist, broadcast journalist, essayist; born 11 August 1925 in Ravenscroft, Tennessee, United States; student,Tennessee State University; commissioned as officer in the United States Navy during World War II; college degree in Mathematics from Oberlin College, Ohio, master in Journalism, University of Minnesota; won Sidney Hillman Foundation award; named Outstanding Young Man, Minneapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce (1951); first book, South of Freedom (1953); covered the Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education (1954); appointed assistant secretary of state for public affairs (1961); delegate to the United Nations during the Cuban missile crisis; U.S. ambassador to Finland (1963-1964); director of the U.S. Information Agency; membership in the Gridiron Club (1972); founded Project Excellence (1987); died 23 September 2000 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, Washington Hospital Center)
Associated language	eng