Sulzberger, C L

▪ 1994

      U.S. journalist (b. Oct. 27, 1912, New York, N.Y.—d. Sept. 20, 1993, Paris, France), as a globe-trotting foreign correspondent for the New York Times during World War II, traveled to more than 30 countries and developed priceless contacts with major leaders, including kings, dictators, and politicians; these connections proved invaluable to him, especially when he served as the newspaper's chief correspondent (1944-54) and author (1954-78) of its thrice-weekly "Foreign Affairs" column. Sulzberger, the nephew of Arthur Hays Sulzberger and cousin of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, both of them former publishers of the New York Times, worked for the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Press, the United Press, and the London Evening Standard before joining his family at the New York Times in 1939. Sulzberger was especially distinguished for his dispatches from Yugoslavia, notably his exclusive prison-cell interview with Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac; his reportage earned him a special Pulitzer Prize in 1951. Sulzberger's experiences and views also found expression in some two dozen books, including What's Wrong with U.S. Foreign Policy (1959), The Last of the Giants (1970), and Seven Continents and Forty Years (1977), a memoir.

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