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Kendall Blackstone Foss (1904-1964) was a journalist and author who helped found the Free University of Berlin in Berlin, Germany in 1948. He served as liaison and mediator between German students and the American government.[1][2] Recognizing Foss' role in its creation, the Free University of Berlin awarded Foss an honorary doctorate in 1954. He also had a 30-year career in journalism and writing that focused on foreign relations and business journalism. Early life and educationKendall Foss was born on January 24, 1904 in New Rochelle, NY to Martin Moore Foss and Eliza Kendall Foss. After studying for one year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Foss graduated from Morristown School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Morristown, NJ in 1923. He then received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1927.[3] During his time at Harvard, Foss served as president of The Harvard Advocate, the oldest continually published college art and literary magazine. In 1944, Foss received a Nieman Fellowship, a prestigious mid-career fellowship for journalists, from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.[4] Career before World War IIFoss began his journalism career in 1927 as a reporter at United Press International's office in London and then as a correspondent for The New York Times in Germany. A few months after taking the job at the Times, he left to go on a year-long journey through the Soviet Union. He detailed his travel in the book Black bread and samovars: An account of an unconventional journey through Soviet Russia published in 1930. While living in the Soviet Union, Foss worked as a correspondent for International News Service. Returning to the U.S. in 1932, Foss worked as a reporter for The Washington Post. He later served as a public relations official for the Tennessee Valley Authority and then as a human resources executive with the Rural Electrification Administration (now the Rural Utilities Service).[5] War and post-war careerIn 1944, Foss took on the role of contributing editor of Time Magazine, and he worked as a correspondent and political columnist for The New York Post. Foss then worked as a correspondent for the Die Neue Zeitung, a newspaper established by the U.S. Office of Military Government (OMG). The OMG administered the American Zone of Occupation in Germany and the American-controlled portion of Berlin. Die Neue Zeitung named Foss their editor-in-chief in 1948.[6] In 1954, Foss helped found Business International Corporation. He then served as managing editor of its weekly business magazine for 10 years. FamilyKendall Foss married Maryanne Bishop on September 30, 1939. They had two children: Alexandra and Kristiana.[5] References1. ^{{cite book | first=Natalie | last=Tsvetkova | title=Failure of American and Soviet Cultural Imperialism in German Universities, 1945-1990 | year=2013}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Foss, Kendall}}2. ^{{cite book | first=James H. | last=Capshew | title=Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University | year=2012}} 3. ^{{cite book | first=Winfield Scott | last=Downs | title=Encyclopedia of American biography: New series, Volume 36 | year=1967}} 4. ^{{cite news | newspaper=The Associated Press | title=Nieman Awards to Three Men Here | date=15 September 1944 | page=9}} 5. ^1 {{cite news | title=Kendall Foss, 60, An Editor Is Dead | newspaper=The New York Times | date=1964-08-13}} 6. ^{{citation | first=Jessica C. E. | last=Gienow-Hecht | title=Transmission Impossible: American Journalism as Cultural Diplomacy in Postwar Germany, 1945-1955 | year=1999}} 13 : 1904 births|1964 deaths|American male journalists|The New York Times writers|The Washington Post journalists|American magazine editors|Harvard University alumni|Nieman Fellows|Writers from New Rochelle, New York|20th-century American non-fiction writers|Harvard Advocate alumni|Morristown-Beard School alumni|20th-century American male writers |
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