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Reid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925-2019

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Personal name headingReid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925-2019
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Variant(s)Reid, Ogden Rogers, 1925-2019
LocatedPurchase (N.Y.)
Birth date1925-06-24
Death date2019-03-02
Place of birthManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathWaccabuc (N.Y.)
AffiliationUnited States. Army
United States. Army Reserve
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
Panama Canal Company
United States. Embassy (Israel)
New York (State). State Commission for Human Rights
Hampton Institute
Columbia University. School of International Affairs
National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.)
Atlantic Council of the United States
United States. Congress. House
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Democratic Party (U.S.)
New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Profession or occupationNewspaper editors Ambassadors Legislators--United States
Found inOgden R. Reid papers, 1979: title frame (Ogden R. Reid)
LC manual auth. cd. (Reid, Ogden Rogers, 1925- )
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 8, 2013 (Reid, Ogden Rogers (1925 - ); a Representative from New York; born in New York City, June 24, 1925; student, Deerfield Academy, 1940-1943; Yale University, A.B., 1949; fellow of Brandeis University and Bar-Ilan University, Israel; associated with the New York Herald-Tribune as president of Societe Anonyme and president, editor and director, 1953-1959; enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1943 and discharged as a first lieutenant in 1946; captain, United States Army Reserve, inactive; United States Ambassador to Israel, 1959-1961; chairman, New York State Commission for Human Rights, 1961-1962; trustee, Hampton Institute; member of advisory council, School of International Affairs, Columbia University; vice president of National Institute of Social Sciences; director of Atlantic Council of the United States; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses; changed party affiliation to Democrat effective March 22, 1972; reelected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress, but was a candidate for nomination for Governor of New York until he withdrew from the race; commissioner of Environmental Conservation for the State of New York from January 1975 to May 1976; is a resident of Purchase, N.Y.)
Yale University Library, via WWW, November 8, 2013 (Guide to the Ogden Rogers Reid Papers; Ogden Rogers Reid was born in New York City in 1925; he graduated from Yale University in 1949, his school years interrupted by service in World War II; he worked as a reporter and columnist for the New York Herald Tribune (1950-1953), before serving as president of the paper's European edition (1953-1959) and vice president (1954-1955) and president/editor of the New York Herald, Inc. (1955-1959); Reid served on the board of directors of the Panama Canal Company (1956-1959) and as Ambassador to Israel (1959-1961); he also served as a U.S. Congressman from New York, first as a Republican (1962-1972) and then as a Democrat (1972-1974); he was defeated as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York in 1974; Reid then served as state commissioner for environmental conservation (1975-1976))
New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 4, 2019 (in obituary published Mar. 3: Ogden R. Reid; b. Ogden Rogers Reid, June 24, 1925, Manhattan; d. Saturday [Mar. 2, 2019], Waccabuc, N.Y., aged 93; former editor of The herald tribune who represented congressional districts in Westchester County, N.Y., for 12 years, first as a Republican and then as Democrat)
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