18 Facts About Philip Graham

Philip Leslie Graham was an American newspaperman.

Philip Graham served as publisher and later co-owner of The Washington Post and its parent company, The Washington Post Company.

Philip Graham was married to Katharine Graham, a daughter of Eugene Meyer, the previous owner of The Washington Post.

Philip Graham, who had bipolar disorder, died by suicide in 1963, after which Katharine took over as publisher, making her one of the first women in charge of a major American newspaper.

Philip Graham was born to a Lutheran family in Terry, South Dakota.

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Philip Graham was raised in Miami where his father, Ernest R Graham, made a career in farming and real estate, and was elected to the State Senate.

One half brother, Bob Philip Graham, is a former governor of the state of Florida and a former United States Senator representing Florida from 1987 to 2005.

Philip Graham's wife followed him on military assignments to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania up until 1945, when he went to the Pacific theater as an intelligence officer of the Far East Air Force, which was created in August 1944.

Meyer remained a close adviser to his son-in-law until his death in 1959, at which time Philip Graham assumed the titles of President and Chairman of the Board of the Post company.

In 1961, Kennedy named Philip Graham to serve as an incorporator for the Communications Satellite Corporation, known as COMSAT, a joint venture between the private sector and government for satellite communications.

Philip Graham retired to the couple's farm in Marshall, Virginia, to recuperate.

Philip Graham often drank heavily, and would become extremely argumentative and blunt.

Philip Graham was sedated, bound in a straitjacket, and flown back to Washington.

Philip Graham was committed for five days to Chestnut Lodge, a psychiatric hospital in Rockville, Maryland with CIA connections.

Philip Graham then left his wife for Robin Webb, announced to his friends that he planned to divorce his wife and immediately remarry, and indicated that he wanted to purchase sole control of the Post Company.

Philip Graham killed himself with a shotgun while his wife was in another part of the retreat.

Edward Bennett Williams testified that Philip Graham had not been of sound mind when he had instructed Williams to draw up his final will.

Williams said that he had, at the same time he prepared the will, written a memorandum for the file stating that Philip Graham was mentally ill, and that he was preparing the will at Philip Graham's direction only to maintain their relationship.