David
Barrow
Dick
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Stephens Dick
and Lucille B (Crouch) Rogers
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rose Ann (Casale) Dick
— married
24 Jan 1953 (to 1978) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
David Dick is Notable.
David Barrow Dick (February 18, 1930 – July 16, 2010), was a journalist from North Middletown, Kentucky who was a correspondent for CBS News from 1966 to 1985 after he retired he a professor at his alma mater, the University of Kentucky in Lexington, a book author, and publisher. [1]
Life and Education
David was born on 18 Feb 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. [2]
His parents were Dr. Samuel Stephens Dick (1894-1931) and Lucille B (Crouch) Rogers (1902-). [2]
In 1930 He lived in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States with his parents and 2 sisters. He was 2 months old. [3]
After his father's death the family returned to North Middletown, Kentucky where he attend school before attending the University of Kentucky where he obtained his bachelor's and later master's degrees in English Literature. [4][2]
He served his country in the US Navy during the Korean War. [1]
Career
David had a long, successful career as a Journalist:
- From 1959 to 1966, Dick worked at WHAS Radio and Television in Louisville, where he served as a writer before advancing to on-air journalist.
- From 1966 to 1985 he was a correspondent with CBS News anchored by Walter Cronkite.
His assignment locations included but we're not limited to:
- Washington, DC
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Latin America Bureau in Caracas (as Bureau Chief).
- Dallas in the Southwest Bureau, which included the areas of Mexico, Central and South America.
Some of the memorable events he covered were:
- The attempted assassination of George Wallace during his bid for president in 1972 (for which Dick earned an Emmy Award).
- The aftermath of the mass suicides in Guyana.
After Retirement
Apon retirement Dick became a Associate Professor of Journalismat his alma Mater and went on to write several books including;
- A Journal for Lalie: Living Through Prostate Cancer
- Peace at the Center
- A Conversation with Peter P. Pence
- The Quiet Kentuckians
- The Scourges of Heaven
- Follow the Storm: A Long Way Home
- Jesse Stuart – The Heritage, a look at the Kentucky author Jesse Stuart. With his wife Lalie, the two co-authored:
- Home Sweet Kentucky
- Rivers of Kentucky
- Kentucky: A State of Mind. [5]
Death and Legacy
He passed away due to prostate cancer on 16 Jul 2010 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. [2][6]
He was laid to rest in the North Middletown Cemetery in North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States. [2][7]
The University of Kentucky created The David Dick "What a Great Story!" Storytelling Awards program in his memory.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/David_Dick_(journalist) Military-History accessed 15 Feb 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?n=david-dick&pid=144106757 Obituary
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4WC-WQ6 : accessed 17 February 2022), David B Dick in household of Samuel Dick, Wyoming, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 365, sheet 23B, line 69, family 620, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1819; FHL microfilm 2,341,553.
- ↑ Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Accessed on ancestry.com, 17 February 2022.
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- ↑ http://www.stilljournal.net/david-dick-interview.php David Dick Internet accessed 17 Feb 2022
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ3Q-J6T : 12 January 2021), David Barrow Dick, 16 Jul 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). United States Social Security Death Index
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55098118/david-dick : accessed 17 February 2022), memorial page for David Dick (18 Feb 1930–16 Jul 2010), Find A Grave: Memorial #55098118, citing North Middletown Cemetery, North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave
- Wikipedia: David Dick
- Wikidata: Item Q17151794, en:Wikipedia
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