Dwight Emerson Sargent (April 3, 1917 – April 4, 2002) was an American journalist.[1][2]

Dwight E. Sargent
BornDwight Emerson Sargent
(1917-04-03)April 3, 1917
Pembroke, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 4, 2002(2002-04-04) (aged 85)
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColby College
SpouseElaine (died 1993)
Children1

Born in Pembroke, Massachusetts, he graduated in 1939 from Colby College and served in Europe with the United States Army during World War II.[1][2]

Sargent worked at The Portland Press Herald in Maine and The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Massachusetts, before becoming a longtime editorial writer for The New York Herald Tribune.[1][2]

He was a Nieman Fellow in 1951, studying local government. He was a curator for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism from 1964 to 1972. In 1978, he was appointed national editorial writer for Hearst Newspapers.[1]

Sargent died of throat cancer on April 4, 2002.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Dwight E. Sargent, 85, Foundation Curator". New York Times. April 12, 2002. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Founding member Dwight E. Sargent dies". The Masthead. June 22, 2002. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via The Free Library.