His father, Philip, served as president and chief executive of the Washington Post before struggling with manic depression and committing suicide in 1963. Philip Graham also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Other media heirs have accomplished less dramatic retrofits. Katherine Graham and Donald Graham eschewed the direct involvement in politics of former Post publisher Philip Graham (he helped put Lyndon Johnson on the ballot at the 1960 Democratic National Convention). Joe Allbritton, owner of the Was
There's plenty to be said for year-end wrap-ups and lists. They are a great way to recap all the biggest stories of the year, remind us what mattered over the previous 12 months, and start initial revisions on what Philip Graham memorably called "the first rough draft of history." We even do them he
Date: Dec 09, 2015
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Family, friends and colleagues gather to pay final tribute to Benjamin C. Bradlee
After the funeral, Mr. Bradlees family gathered at Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, where he was laid to rest in a crypt in the chapel, awaiting burial in a family mausoleum being built nearby, not far from where Katharine and Philip Graham, The Posts owners through much of Mr. Bradlees career, a
Date: Oct 29, 2014
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Ben Bradlee remembered for invigorating journalism
Four years later, it was a conversation with Philip Graham's widow that proved pivotal for Bradlee. Katharine Graham had taken over the Post after her husband's suicide and was looking to inject new life into the paper. In a quotation that has become Post lore, Bradlee told her over lunch that if th
Date: Oct 22, 2014
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Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93
Two deaths in 1963 altered Mr. Bradlees life. The first was Philip Grahams suicide that August, after a struggle with bipolar disorder. Then in November, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. A fortnight before his death, the Bradlees had spent a glamorous weekend with the Kennedys at their new retrave been more significant. The Post he inherited was intertwined with power in a way that made him uncomfortable. As publisher, Philip Graham had often used his stature and personal charm to meddle in politics and influence events behind the scenes. For example, he encouraged Kennedy and Lyndon B. J
is recommendation that The Washington Posts publisher Philip Graham buy Newsweek, leading to a hefty finders fee in Post stock, which turned into a fortune when the company went public; his crusading editorship of the Post through the Pentagon Papers and Watergate (not every editor can claim the h
Since then it has been led at various points by Meyers son-in-law Philip Graham, daughter Katharine Graham, and their son, Donald Graham. Graham was chairman and chief executive of The Washington Post Co., a publicly traded company largely controlled by the family, when Weymouth, his niece, was nam
Date: Sep 02, 2014
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Lakeside High School, Georgia Institute of Technology - Computer Science
Philip Graham
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Equipment Depot - Service Manager (2009)
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