Peter Lisagor

Peter Lisagor (August 5, 1915 – December 10, 1976) was Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News from 1959 to 1976 and was one of the most respected and best-known journalists in the United States.

[1] Lisagor gained nationwide recognition from his syndicated column and appearances on such public-affairs broadcasts as Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Washington Week in Review, and Agronsky & Company.

Lisagor was born in Keystone, West Virginia and moved to Chicago at age 14, where he attended Marshall High School.

During World War II he was a sergeant in the Army, serving as a correspondent and London editor for the service newspaper, Stars and Stripes.

In 1977, the United States' largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Chicago Headline Club, established the Peter Lisagor Awards "to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his outstanding example and to recognize truly superior contributions to journalism."

Meeting between President Lyndon B. Johnson , Tom Johnson (left) and Peter Ligasor (middle).