21 Facts About Marquis Childs

Marquis William Childs was a 20th-century American journalist, syndicated columnist, and author.

Marquis Childs then returned to the University of Iowa to teach English composition before rejoining United Press, this time in New York.

In 1925, Marquis Childs rejoined United Press and then in 1926 joined the St Louis Post-Dispatch, where he would remain off and on until 1944, mostly serving as a feature writer for its American Mercury magazine section.

In 1932 Marquis Childs wrote an article for Harper's that was not so warmly received in his hometown.

In 1933 Marquis Childs visited Europe, returning to the United States in June 1934 as a member of the Washington staff of the Post-Dispatch.

Marquis Childs traveled 15,000 miles with President Franklin D Roosevelt during the 1936 re-election campaign, and briefly with candidates Alfred M Landon and Norman Thomas.

Marquis Childs took a leave of absence from the Post-Dispatch to attend a housing exposition in Sweden; he remained there to write a series for the newspaper on Sweden's social and economic advances.

Marquis Childs was chastised on and off the Senate floor by oilman and Senator Joseph F Guffey of Pennsylvania.

Marquis Childs sued Guffey for slander, won a full apology on the floor of the Senate, then withdrew the suit.

Surprisingly, there are two three-act plays, Maud and Madame Minister, among the Marquis Childs materials collected by the University of Iowa.

In 1944, Marquis Childs rejoined his old news agency, the United Press.

On November 21,1947, Marquis Childs wrote an essay that exposed the Justice Department's grand jury investigations into Soviet espionage and all but named Elizabeth Bentley as a witness.

Marquis Childs was a friend of Laurence Duggan, a Soviet spy or Communist fellow traveler as alleged by both Bentley and Chambers; Marquis Childs contributed to a private book memorializing Duggan.

In 1962 as a contributing editor to the Post-Dispatch, Marquis Childs's column became syndicated in the United States and Canada by United Features Syndicate.

Marquis Childs won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1970.

Marquis Childs's work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

On March 25,1976, Marquis Childs returned to Clinton, Iowa, his appearance sponsored by funds administered by the Clinton Library Board.

On June 30,1990, Marquis Childs died at the Children's Hospital of San Francisco in San Francisco, California from cardiovascular disease.

Marquis Childs spoke on the value of individuality, a recurrent theme in his writing, speeches, and reminiscences.

In 1961, Marquis Childs received an order of chivalry from King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, the Nordstjarneorden.

Marquis Childs was awarded the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement in 1969.