Quincy Howe
{{Short description|American journalist (1900–1977)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Quincy Howe
| image = John Daly News 1956.JPG
| alt = Howe and John Daly convention coverage
| caption = Howe (left) with fellow journalist John Daly providing commentary for ABC's 1952 presidential convention coverage.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|8|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|2|17|1900|8|17|mf=y}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
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| occupation = Broadcast journalist
| alma_mater = Harvard University
| father = Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe, Jr.
| relatives = Helen Howe (sister)
}}
Quincy Howe (August 17, 1900 – February 17, 1977) was an American journalist, best known for his CBS radio broadcasts during World War II.
Biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Quincy Howe was the son of Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe; his sister was Helen Howe. He was a 1921 graduate of Harvard University.
Howe served as director of the American Civil Liberties Union before the Second World War, and as chief editor at Simon & Schuster from 1935 to 1942. He once said that life began for him in 1939, when he began to broadcast news and commentary on WQXR radio in New York City.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}, p. 135.
Howe joined CBS in June 1942, doing the opening news summary on the radio network's The World Today newscast.{{cite news|title=Author, Editor Hired by CBS|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39164427/?terms=%22Quincy%2BHowe%22%2Bnews|work=The Mason City Globe-Gazette|date=June 13, 1942|location=Iowa, Mason City|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 11, 2016}} {{Open access}}
He left CBS in 1947 to join ABC. In the fall of 1955, he hosted four episodes of the 26-week prime time series Medical Horizons on ABC before he was replaced in that capacity by Don Goddard.
In the early 1950s, Howe was an associate professor of journalism and communications at the University of Illinois.{{cite news|title=Lloyd Morey|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5555825/freeport_journalstandard/|work=Freeport Journal-Standard|date=January 20, 1954|location=Illinois, Freeport|page=13}}
Howe moderated the first ever televised presidential primary debate in 1956, between Democratic candidates Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. He also moderated the fourth and final Kennedy/Nixon debate on October 21, 1960, which had the topic of foreign affairs.{{Cite web|title=CPD: 1960 Debates|url=https://www.debates.org/debate-history/1960-debates/#oct-21-1960|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.debates.org}} Howe retired from broadcasting in 1974. He died from cancer of the larynx.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/18/archives/quincy-howe-newscaster-dies-long-a-defender-of-civil-liberties.html|title=Quincy Howe, Newscaster, Dies; Long a Defender of Civil Liberties|last=Hess|first=John L.|date=1977-02-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
Bibliography
- World Diary: 1929–34 (1934)
- England Expects Every American to Do His Duty (1937)
- World History of Our Own Times. (trilogy, 1949)
- Ashes of Victory (1972)
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Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American writers
Category:American Civil Liberties Union people
Category:American male journalists
Category:American radio personalities