About Tom Wicker
Thomas Grey Wicker (June 18, 1926 – November 25, 2011) was an American journalist. He was best known as a political reporter and columnist for The New York Times for nearly three decades. Besides writing non-fiction books about U.S. presidential history and race relations, he wrote ten novels, including mysteries and political thrillers. == Early life and education == Wicker was born on June 18, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina, to Delancey David, a railroad freight conductor, and Esta Cameron Wicker. He served in the Navy in World War II. He was a 1948 graduate of the University of North Carolina. In 1957, Wicker won a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. In 1993, he returned to Harvard, where he was a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. == Career == === The New York Times === Wicker began his journalism career in 1949, first serving as editor of the small-town Sandhill Citizen in Aberdeen, North Carolina. He eventually worked for other newspapers, including The Winston-Salem Journal and The Nashville Tennessean. By the early 1960s, he had joined The New York Times.
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