Herman Obermayer

Herman Obermayer
Born (1924-09-19)September 19, 1924
Died May 11, 2016(2016-05-11) (aged 91)
Citizenship United States
Alma mater Dartmouth College
Occupation Journalist, publisher, politician
Spouse(s) Betty Nan Levy
Children Elizabeth, Helen, Veronica, Adele

Herman J. Obermayer (September 19, 1924 – May 11, 2016) was an American journalist, publisher, and politician. He was the owner and publisher of the Long Branch, New Jersey Daily Record from 1957 to 1971 and the Northern Virginia Sun from 1963 to 1989, and counseled newspapers in emerging democracies for the U.S. State Department from 1990 to 2002 in Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldovia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Russia, Croatia, and Serbia. In 1983 and 1984, he served as a judge for the Pulitzer Prizes.[1][2]

Biography

Obermayer, a Philadelphia native, graduated from Central High School and cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1946 as an English major, studying under the poet Robert Frost. During World War II, he wss a Staff Sergeant in Europe from 1943-1946. He attended the Nuremberg Trials.[3] He broke with the media that sought to avoid giving publicity to George Lincoln Rockwell from the American Nazi Party and thought they should be exposed, after the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing and threats against the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington.[4][5] He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Executive Council of the Monmouth County (N.J.) Boy Scout Council from 1958 - 1971 and on the Executive Committee of the National Capital Council of the Boy Scouts of America from 1971 - 1979. He worked with the Jewish Policy Center and served on the National Board of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) beginning in1996 and also with the National Council of the American Jewish Committee (AJC).

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Personal life

He was the brother of Arthur S. Obermayer. He was married to Betty Nan Levy, daughter of Neville Levy. They have four daughters, Helen Levy-Myers of Reston, VA, Veronica Atnipp of Houston, TX, Adele Malpass of New York City, NY and Elizabeth Weintraub of Rockville, MD; 11 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Betty Obermayer died on January 26, 2013,[6] and Herman Obermayer died of a heart attack in Arlington, Virginia, on May 11, 2016.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ Jacob Fenston (13 May 2016). "HERMAN OBERMAYER". Legacy.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Harrison Smith (16 May 2016). "Herman Obermayer, Northern Virginia newspaper publisher, dies at 91". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Ina Navazelskis (21 June 2010). "Oral history interview with Herman Obermayer". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Jacob Fenston (September 6, 2013). "Arlington's Uneasy Relationship With Nazi Party Founder". wamu. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Charles S. Clark (September 2016). "Swastikas on Wilson". Arlington Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Barnes, Bart (30 January 2013). "Betty Nan Obermayer, former president of Temple Rodef Shalom, dies at 81". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  7. ↑ McCaffrey, Scott (13 May 2016). "Former N.Va. Sun owner/editor Herman Obermayer dies". InsideNoVa. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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