Katharine Graham AKA Katharine Meyer Born: 16-Jun-1917 Birthplace: New York City Died: 17-Jul-2001 Location of death: Boise, ID Cause of death: Accident - Fall Remains: Buried, Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Publisher Nationality: United States Executive summary: Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 Father: Eugene Meyer (publisher, bought the Post in 1933) Mother: Agnes Meyer (educator, VP of the Post) Husband: Philip L. Graham (m. 5-Jun-1940, d. 3-Aug-1963 suicide) Daughter: Lally Weymouth (b. 1943) Son: Donald E. Graham (b. 1945) Son: William Welsh Graham (b. 1948) Son: Stephen Meyer Graham (b. 1952)
University: Vassar College (1934-6, dropout) University: University of Chicago (1938)
The Washington Post Publisher (1966-79) The Washington Post Co. CEO (1963-73)
Member of the Board of The Washington Post Co. Chairman (1973-91)
Alfalfa Club 1994 amfAR National Council Bilderberg Group Club of Rome Committee of 200 Council on Foreign Relations National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Board of Directors Newspaper Association of America Chairman (past) Trilateral Commission Women's Campaign Forum Pentagon Papers Publisher Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1998 for Personal History Library of Congress Living Legend 2000 Presidential Medal of Freedom 9-Jul-2002 National Women's Hall of Fame 2002 Miscarriage Wedding: Bill Gates and Melinda French (1994) Hip Replacement Surgery Oct-1996 Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997) Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001) Graham Family
Author of books:
Personal History (1997, memoir) Katharine Graham's Washington (2002)
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