Clifton Truman Daniel

Last updated

Clifton Truman Daniel
Born (1957-06-05) June 5, 1957 (age 67)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Children3
Parents
Relatives

Clifton Truman Daniel (born June 5, 1957) is an American writer and public relations executive who is the oldest grandson of former United States President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. [1] He is a son of the late E. Clifton Daniel Jr., former managing editor of The New York Times , and best-selling mystery writer Margaret Truman.

Contents

Life

Daniel was born on 5 June 1957 at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, [2] [3] the eldest son of Clifton Daniel and Margaret Truman. He has three brothers, [4] and is Director of Public Relations for Truman College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. Prior to that, he worked as a feature writer and editor for the Morning Star and Sunday Star-News a New York Times paper [5] in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Daniel is the honorary chairman of the board of trustees of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, [6] the member-supported, nonprofit partner of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. He is a frequent speaker and fundraiser.

Following in his grandfather's footsteps, Daniel is a brother in Freemasonry through various appendant bodies. On December 3, 2011, Most Worshipful Brother Terry L. Seward, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, made Brother Daniel a Mason at sight. In August 2021, he was inducted into the class of 33° Honorary Members of the Scottish Rite, NMJ, serving as Exemplar for his class. He has been a Scottish Rite Mason since 2014 and is a member of the Valley of Chicago. [7]

Daniel visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2012, the sites where his grandfather had ordered the only use of atomic bombs for warfare in history. He has frequently been asked to comment on that 1945 decision to use nuclear weapons. [8] [9] [10] [11]

He appeared in 2016 on Race for the White House as a commentator for his grandfather's experiences during both his first term and the 1948 United States presidential election.[ citation needed ]

Since 2017, he has acted the role of his grandfather in performances of the 1975 play Give 'em Hell, Harry! . [12] [13]

Daniel attended Milton Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He married Polly Bennett in 1986, on the 67th wedding anniversary of his grandparents. [14] [15]

His first book, Growing up with my Grandfather, was published in 1995. In addition to including his memories of his grandparents, it frankly discusses his descent into drug and alcohol abuse, and return to sobriety. [16] [17]

Works

Daniel is the author of two books:

Related Research Articles

<i>Enola Gay</i> US Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb

The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and destroyed about three-quarters of the city. Enola Gay participated in the second nuclear attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in Nagasaki, a secondary target, being bombed instead.

<i>Give em Hell, Harry!</i> 1975 film by Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt

Give 'em Hell, Harry! is a biographical play and 1975 film, written by playwright Samuel Gallu. Both the play and film are a one-man show about former President of the United States Harry S. Truman. Give 'em Hell, Harry! stars James Whitmore, and was directed by Steve Binder and Peter H. Hunt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bess Truman</span> First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953

Elizabeth Virginia Truman was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She also served as the second lady of the United States from January to April 1945. At 97 years, 247 days, she remains the longest-lived first and second lady.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Margaret Truman</span> American writer and daughter of President Harry S. Truman (1924–2008)

Mary Margaret Truman Daniel was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the only child of President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. While her father was president during the years 1945 to 1953, Margaret regularly accompanied him on campaign trips, such as the 1948 countrywide whistle-stop campaign lasting several weeks. She also appeared at important White House and political events during those years, being a favorite with the media.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum</span> Library and museum for U.S. President Harry S. Truman, located in Missouri

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and resting place of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States (1945–1953), his wife Bess and daughter Margaret, and is located on U.S. Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri. It was the first presidential library created under the provisions of the 1955 Presidential Libraries Act and is one of thirteen presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Elbert Clifton Daniel, Jr. was an American newspaperman who was the managing editor of The New York Times from 1964 to 1969. Before assuming the top editorial job at the paper, he served as the paper's London and Moscow bureau chief.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry S. Truman National Historic Site</span> National Historic Site of the United States in Missouri

The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site preserves the longtime home of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, as well as other properties associated with him in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. The site is operated by the National Park Service, with its centerpieces being the Truman Home in Independence and the Truman Farm Home in Grandview. It also includes the Noland home of Truman's cousins, and the George and Frank Wallace homes of Bess Truman's brothers. The site was designated a National Historic Site on May 23, 1983.

James Lea Cate was a professor of history at the University of Chicago, an intelligence officer in the United States Army Air Forces with the rank of major, and part of the Air Force Historical Division during World War II. He authored at least two pieces of Air Force literature, one titled Origins of the Eighth Air Force: Plans, Organization, Doctrines, the other titled History of the Twentieth Air Force: Genesis. The former is 143 pages in length, while the latter is 298 pages. Both were classified at the time of their writing, but declassified in 1958.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry S. Truman</span> President of the United States from 1945 to 1953

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assuming the presidency after Roosevelt's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan in the wake of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the Congress.

<i>Truman</i> (1995 film) 1995 film

Truman is a 1995 American biographical drama television film directed by Frank Pierson and written by Thomas Rickman, based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1992 book, Truman. Starring Gary Sinise as Harry S. Truman, the film centers on Truman's humble beginnings, his rise to the presidency, World War II, and his decision to use the first atomic bomb. The film's tagline is "It took a farmer's hand to shape a nation." The film aired on HBO on September 9, 1995.

<i>Hiroshima</i> (1995 film) Japanese-Canadian war drama TV film

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese-Canadian war drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. The three-hour film was made for television and had no theatrical release.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</span> August 1945 attacks in Japan during WWII

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria. The Japanese government signed the instrument of surrender on 2 September, effectively ending the war.

<i>The Beginning or the End</i> 1947 film by Norman Taurog

The Beginning or the End is a 1947 American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, and Tom Drake, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film dramatizes the creation of the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project and the bombing of Hiroshima.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</span> Controversies surrounding nuclear attacks

Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45).

<i>Children of Hiroshima</i> 1952 Japanese film

Children of Hiroshima is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanley Armour Dunham</span> Maternal grandfather of Barack Obama

Stanley Armour Dunham was the maternal grandfather of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He and his wife Madelyn Payne Dunham raised Obama from the age of 10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry S. Truman Historic District</span> Historic district in Missouri, United States

The Harry S. Truman Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing sites closely associated with US President Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri. It includes the Truman Home at 219 North Delaware, Truman's home for much of his adult life and now a centerpiece of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, and the Truman Presidential Library. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. When first listed, the district included only the two buildings and a corridor joining them. It was substantially enlarged in 2011 to include more sites and the environment in which Truman operated while living in Independence.

<i>Truman</i> (book) 1992 book by David McCullough

Truman is a 1992 biography of the 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman written by popular historian David McCullough. The book won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. The book was later made into a movie with the same name by HBO.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martha Young Truman</span> Mother of United States president Harry S. Truman.

Martha Ellen Young Truman was the mother of U.S. president Harry Truman, the paternal grandmother of Margaret Truman, the paternal great-grandmother of Clifton Truman Daniel, and the mother-in-law of Bess Truman.

<i>Harry S. Truman: A Life</i> 1994 book by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell

Harry S. Truman: A Life is a 1994 biography of Harry S. Truman, president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell. Although it was overshadowed by the popular success of David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography Truman, Ferrell's book was widely praised by scholars in his field.

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, Roxanne (28 December 2021). When Harry Truman is your grandpa: The complicated lives of presidential descendants, Kansas City Star (Washington Post article reprint)
  2. ↑ Cohan, William D. (July 9, 2019). Four Friends: Promising Lives Cut Short. Flatiron Books. ISBN   978-1-250-07053-1.
  3. ↑ (10 June 1957). Former President's Grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, Makes His Debut, The New York Times
  4. ↑ (30 January 2008). Margaret Truman Daniel: 1924-2008, Chicago Tribune (" In addition to Clifton Truman Daniel, Mrs. Daniel is survived by two other sons, Harrison Gates Daniel and Thomas Gates Daniel, and five grandchildren. Her son William Wallace died in 2000.")
  5. ↑ "A Week of Ghosts: Japan's Annual Grieving". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Board of Directors". Truman Library Institute. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ https://scottishritenmj.org/blog/truman-grandson [ bare URL ]
  8. ↑ "Clifton Truman Daniel: Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Artsfest 2015". butlerartsfest.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ Smith, David (4 August 2020). 'He felt he had to do it': Truman's grandson on bombing Hiroshima, The Guardian
  10. ↑ (4 August 2012). Truman grandson visiting Hiroshima, Nagasaki to mark 67th anniversary, Denver Post (Associated Press story)
  11. ↑ Coorsh, Karolyn (27 May 2016). Truman expressed regret over loss of life after atomic bombings: Grandson, CTV News
  12. ↑ Heuer, Alex (9 November 2021). For Clifton Daniel, playing Truman in 'Give 'em Hell, Harry!' is all in the family, St. Louis Public Radio
  13. ↑ Staton, John (7 October 2017). Wild about Harry, Star-News
  14. ↑ (29 June 1986). Polly Bennett Is the Bride Of Clifton Truman Daniel, The New York Times
  15. ↑ Conconi, Chuck (30 June 1986). Personalities, The Washington Post
  16. ↑ Brozan, Nadine (23 May 1995). Chronicle, The New York Times
  17. ↑ (15 April 1995). Growing Up With My Grandfather (review), Kirkus Reviews
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.