Lynn Heinzerling
Lynn Heinzerling © AP
Lynn Heinzerling (1906 -1983) attended Akron University and Ohio Wesleyan University. He became a reporter for the Cleveland plain dealer from 1928-33.
He then joined the Associated Press Cleveland bureau, where he covered such stories as the Ohio River floods, the little steel strike, and the torso murders.
In 1938 he was assigned to Berlin, from where he witnessed the outbreak of world war II. He was wounded during the war while covering the Allied campaign in Italy. Following the war, he was posted to Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, Johannesburg, and London.
He served as chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Geneva in 1948. The same year he joined ACANU. 1955 he was elected as its President.
He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa.
He was a distinguished example of reporting of international affairs.
Heinzerling returned to Ohio as chief of the AP's Columbus bureau in 1963-4. He rounded out his career with the Associated Press as chief of Africa operations until his retirement in 1971.
He spent his retirement in Elyria (City in Ohio, USA), where he died, and he was inducted posthumously into the Cleveland journalism hall of fame.
He then joined the Associated Press Cleveland bureau, where he covered such stories as the Ohio River floods, the little steel strike, and the torso murders.
In 1938 he was assigned to Berlin, from where he witnessed the outbreak of world war II. He was wounded during the war while covering the Allied campaign in Italy. Following the war, he was posted to Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, Johannesburg, and London.
He served as chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Geneva in 1948. The same year he joined ACANU. 1955 he was elected as its President.
He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa.
He was a distinguished example of reporting of international affairs.
Heinzerling returned to Ohio as chief of the AP's Columbus bureau in 1963-4. He rounded out his career with the Associated Press as chief of Africa operations until his retirement in 1971.
He spent his retirement in Elyria (City in Ohio, USA), where he died, and he was inducted posthumously into the Cleveland journalism hall of fame.