Harry Ashmore
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Ashmore pictured (standing on the right) with other Planetary Society enthusiasts sometime in the 1970s
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Harry Scott Ashmore July 28, 1916 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | January 20, 1998 (aged 81) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Clemson Agricultural College |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Edith Laier |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize (1957) |
Harry Scott Ashmore (July 28, 1916 – January 20, 1998) was an American journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorials in 1957 on the school integration conflict in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ashmore was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 28, 1916. He attended Greenville High School and Clemson Agricultural College where he graduated with a degree in general science in 1937. He showed an early ability in journalism, having served as editor of the student newspapers at both Greenville High School and Clemson College. After graduation from Clemson, Ashmore worked as a newspaper reporter, first at the Greenville Piedmont, and then at the Greenville News. In 1940, Ashmore married Barbara Edith Laier, a physical education teacher at Furman University. Ashmore was accepted for a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University in 1941. When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Ashmore left Harvard to join the United States Army, and served as an operations officer (reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel) with the Ninety-fifth Infantry Division, part of the United States Third Army. After the war, Harry Ashmore became the editorial writer at the Charlotte News (in Charlotte, North Carolina).
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