Editor, Actor, Ballplayer, Spy
Matthews, William E
| Autor: | Matthews, William E |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Biography / Autobiography |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 29.05.2014 |
| EAN: | 9781938905575 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 224 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Acclaim Press |
| Untertitel: | An Autoboiography of Shelbyville, Kentucky's Award-Winning Bill Matthews |
Produktinformationen "Editor, Actor, Ballplayer, Spy"
Born in 1930, the youngest of three sons, William E. Matthews has lived a life fuller than most. After serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Bill worked for ten years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CSI) on such cases as the Hungarian Revolution (1956), the Bay of Pigs (1961), and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). Bill went on to work in the Kentucky newspaper business for 52 years, during which time as an editor and publisher her won the Media Award from the Kentucky Historical Society three straight years (2003-2005), represented Kentucky's daily and weekly newspapers at two White House Conferences on rural journalism during the Carter administration, and served as president of the Kentucky Press Association in 1977. He launched the first weekly sports magazine featuring a professional baseball team (Cincinnati Reds), and appeared in two movies as an umpire - "A League of Their Own," starring Tom Hanks, and HBO's "Soul of the Game."
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