| LC control no. | n 50027383 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3515.E186 |
| Personal name heading | Heckscher, August, 1913-1997 |
| Variant(s) | A. H. (August Heckscher), 1913-1997 H., A. (August Heckscher), 1913-1997 |
| Birth date | 1913-09-16 |
| Death date | 1997-04-05 |
| Place of birth | Huntington, N.Y. |
| Place of death | New York, N.Y. |
| Affiliation | Yale University Twentieth Century Fund New York State Council on the Arts |
| Profession or occupation | Educators Journalists Civil servants Authors |
| Found in | His These are the days, [1935:1936] 1936. His The silence of Christmas, 1983: t.p. (A.H.) Theatre Development Fund WWW Home page, July 11, 2000 (August Hecksher; d. 1997) Contemporary Authors, via WWW, August 27, 2013 (August Heckscher (1913-1997); born September 16, 1913 in Huntington, Long Island, NY; died April 5, 1997 in New York, NY; Yale University, B.A., 1936; Harvard University, M.A., 1939; educator, journalist, civil servant, and author; he joined the faculty of Yale University as an instructor from 1939 to 1941; during World War II he held a post with the Coordinator of Information, and he was also sent to North Africa for service with the Office of Strategic Services; following World War II, he was editor at the Auburn Citizen Advertiser and later became an editorial writer with the New York Herald Tribune; from 1956 to 1967 he was director of New York City's Twentieth Century Fund; during that time he was chosen to be President John F. Kennedy's cultural matters coordinator; he also acted as a special consultant to the president concerning matters of art; in 1967 he became the City Parks Commissioner and Administrator of Recreation and Cultural Affairs; among the popular events staged in the parks while he was commissioner were the 1967 Barbra Streisand concert and the first New York City Marathon; he rounded out his career with work as chair of the general committee of the New York City Office of Cultural Affairs; he also served as a member of the New York State Council on the Arts; in addition, he wrote and edited books, including These Are the Days, The Politics of Woodrow Wilson, Diversity of Worlds (with Raymond Aron), Open Spaces: The Life of American Cities, and St. Paul's: The Life of a New England School) |
| Associated language | eng |
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