About James Reston
James "Scotty" Barrett Reston (November 3, 1909 – December 6, 1995) was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times. == Early life and education == Reston was born in Clydebank, Scotland, into a poor, devout Scottish Presbyterian family. In September 1920, Reston emigrated with his mother and sister to New York City as steerage passengers on board the SS Mobile, and arrived and were inspected at Ellis Island. The family settled in the Dayton, Ohio area, and Reston graduated from Oakwood High School in Oakwood, Ohio. In 1927, he was a medalist in the first Ohio High School Golf Championship. He was the Ohio Public Links champion in 1931, and in 1932 was a member of the University of Illinois' Big Ten championship team. While at Illinois, he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and was a roommate of John C. Evans, a Sigma Pi brother. == Career == After working briefly for the Springfield, Ohio, Daily News, he joined the Associated Press in 1934. He moved to the London bureau of The New York Times in 1939, but returned to New York in 1940.
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