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Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post , from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal , which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon .
Katherine Rowena Graham (née Dinkins; April 17, 1923 – August 24, 2019) was an organizational leader in women's amateur golf and a member of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame. Her contribution to golf was her administrative and officiating capabilities more than her individual golfing skill.
Katharine Graham received 30 percent as a gift. Phil received 70 percent of the stock, his purchase financed by his father-in-law. Meyer remained a close adviser to his son-in-law until his death in 1959, at which time Graham assumed the titles of President and Chairman of the Board of the Post company.
“She will be remembered as a truly remarkable woman, who had a profound effect on the course of events, both at home and abroad.. Throughout the last half of the 20th century, she used her ...
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The eldest of her three younger brothers is Donald E. Graham, who was the publisher of The Post from 1979 to 2000, a position held by Weymouth's daughter Katharine Weymouth from 2008 until 2014, the co-founder of Graham Holdings Company, which has Kaplan tutoring services and The Washington Post among its various subsidiaries.
The pair made their last public appearance together five years ago at the 2018 Academy Awards, at which Streep was nominated for best actress for her role as Katharine Graham in The Post.
He got to know associate publisher Phil Graham, who was the son-in-law of the publisher, Eugene Meyer. On November 1, 1950, Bradlee was alighting from a streetcar in front of the White House just as two Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to shoot their way into Blair House in an attempt to kill President Harry S. Truman. [8]