Samuel Lubell, born Samuel Lubelsky, was an American public opinion pollster, journalist, and author who successfully predicted election outcomes using door-to-door voter interviews.
13 Facts About Samuel Lubell
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Samuel Lubell published six books, including Revolt of the Moderates, a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1957.
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Samuel Lubell's family emigrated to the United States when he was two years old.
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Samuel Lubell took evening classes at CUNY from 1927 to 1931 and graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1933.
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Samuel Lubell became a reporter for the Long Island Daily Press before moving to Washington, DC in 1938 to write for The Washington Post, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Washington Herald, and The Saturday Evening Post.
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Samuel Lubell was a foreign correspondent in Europe and Asia between 1944 and 1946.
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From 1958 to 1968, Samuel Lubell ran the Opinion Reporting Workshop at Columbia University and later taught courses at American University.
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Samuel Lubell received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1950 and again in 1953.
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Samuel Lubell served as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Samuel Lubell was a member of the National Press Club.
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Samuel Lubell's papers are held at the University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections at the Dodd Center for Human Rights.
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Samuel Lubell died of another stroke at a Los Angeles nursing home on August 16,1987.
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Samuel Lubell was survived by his wife and their two sons, Walter and Bernard.