Edward H. Harte

Edward Holmead Harte (December 5, 1922 – May 18, 2011) was an American newspaper executive, journalist, philanthropist, and conservationist. The son of Houston Harte, co-founder of the Harte-Hanks newspaper conglomerate, he had a decades long relationship with that organization. For Harte-Hanks he was an executive and journalist with various newspapers, including The Snyder Daily News, The San Angelo Standard-Times, and The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He also served as vice chairman of Harte-Hanks from 1962 to 1987. As a philanthropist he donated tens of millions of dollars to a variety of charities and institutions. He was also a pioneer in environmental conservationism in Texas, notably spearheading successful land conservation campaigns on Padre Island and Mustang Island. In 2002 the National Audubon Society (NAS) awarded him the Audubon Medal.

Born in Pilot Grove, Missouri, Edward H. Harte came from a newspaper family. His great grandfather was a Washington correspondent for the New York Tribune and his father, Houston Harte, co-founded the Harte-Hanks newspaper conglomerate. He grew up in Depression-era San Angelo, Texas where his father was publisher of The San Angelo Standard-Times.

During World War II Harte served in the United States Army. After the war he entered Dartmouth College from which he earned a bachelor's degree. After graduating, he became a reporter for the The Claremont Eagle in New Hampshire. He left that position to become a reporter for The Kansas City Star. He then partnered with his brother, Houston H. Harte, and Bernard Hanks’s son-in-law, Stormy Shelton, in buying the weekly Snyder, Texas newspaper The Snyder Daily News. That publication became part of the Harte-Hanks newspaper chain.

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