Herman Kogan
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Herman Kogan (November 6, 1914 – March 8, 1989) was an American journalist who spent fifty years covering the city of Chicago, many with the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times.[1]
Kogan, a 1936 graduate of the University of Chicago and a Phi Beta Kappa, authored several books, including The Great EB: The Story of the Encyclopædia Britannica] (University of Chicago Press, 1958); Yesterday's Chicago (E.A. Seeman, 1976); Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company (co-authored with Lloyd Wendt, Rand McNally, 1952); Big Bill of Chicago (Co-authored with Lloyd Wendt, Bobbs-Merrill, 1953); Lords of the Levee (Co-authored with Lloyd Wendt; Bobbs-Merrill, 1943) and Chicago: A Pictorial History (co-authored with Lloyd Wendt; Bonanza, 1958).[2]
Kogan was the father of current Chicago Tribune journalist and WBEZ radio host Rick Kogan.[3] Kogan was Jewish.
Citations
[edit]- ^ "Fred and Herman". 16 March 1989.
- ^ "Herman Kogan, 75, Journalist, Author - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Herman Kogan, 75, Journalist, Author - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21.
External links
[edit]- Bet a million! The story of John W. Gates by Lloyd Wendt and Herman Kogan. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co. [1948]
- Herman Kogan Papers at the Newberry Library
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