Peter H. Wyden
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Peter H. Wyden (October 2, 1923 – June 27, 1998) was an American journalist and historian.
Early life
Wyden was born Peter Weidenreich, in Berlin to a Jewish family.[1] His mother, Helen (née Silberstein), was a concert singer, and his father, Erich Weidenreich, was a businessman. Franz Weidenreich, German anatomist and physical anthropologist, was one of his uncles.
Wyden attended the Goldschmidt School until he left Nazi Germany for the United States in 1937.[2][3] After studying at City College of New York,[1] he served with the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Division in Europe during World War II.[4] His training at Camp Ritchie places him among the ranks of the Ritchie Boys, a group of Military Intelligence Officers who used their language skills to obtain intel in Europe. In 2021, Peter's son Ron Wyden, a U.S. Senator, was instrumental in creating a senate resolution recognizing the Ritchie Boys for their efforts.
Career
After the war, Wyden began a career in journalism, during which he worked as a reporter for The Wichita Eagle, a feature writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington correspondent for Newsweek magazine, a contributing editor for The Saturday Evening Post in Chicago and San Francisco, articles editor for McCall's, and executive editor for Ladies' Home Journal.[1][4]
Wyden authored or coauthored nine books, and numerous articles that appeared in major magazines.[4] In 1969, he co-authored with his wife a book on homosexuality entitled Growing Up Straight; the book summed up research on the topic, which suggested homosexuality could be prevented with a close paternal relationship in childhood.[5] His last book, published in 1998, was about schizophrenia; it was based on his personal experience as his son Jeff suffered from the mental disorder.[1]
In 1970, Wyden became a book publisher in New York City and Ridgefield, Connecticut.[4]
Personal life and death
Wyden was married three times.[1] He had two sons, including Ron Wyden, who became a United States senator.[6] He died on June 27, 1998, in Danbury, Connecticut.[1]
Books
- Suburbia's Coddled Kids. 1962. New Jersey: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- The Overweight Society. 1965. New York: Pocket Books.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wyden, Peter; Wyden, Barbara (1969). Growing Up Straight: What Every Thoughtful Parent Should Know about Homosexuality. New York: Stein and Day. OCLC 976970206.
- Bay of Pigs – The Untold Story. 1979. New York: Simon and Schuster. Template:ISBN Template:ISBN Template:ISBN
- The Passionate War: The Narrative History of the Spanish Civil War. 1983. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1983 Template:ISBN
- Day One: Before Hiroshima and After. 1985. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1984 Template:ISBN
- Stella: One Woman's True Tale of Evil, Betrayal, and Survival in Hitler's Germany. Anchor Books, 1993. Template:ISBN
- Wall: The Inside Story of Divided Berlin. 1989. Simon and Schuster. Template:ISBN
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wyden, Peter H. (1998). Conquering Schizophrenia: A Father, His Son and a Medical Breakthrough. New York: Knopf. ISBN 9780679446712. OCLC 37560191.
References
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- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sengupta, Somini (June 29, 1998). "Peter Wyden, 74, Journalist And Father of Oregon Senator". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Abrahamson, Irving (January 3, 1993). "She Saved Herself in the Holocaust By Betraying Others". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ Entry on Rootsweb.com, created by Robert Battle (battle@u.washington.edu)
- ^ a b c d "About the Author" bio on the dustjacket of Bay of Pigs, The Untold Story, Simon and Schuster, 1979.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Snoddy, Aileen (February 9, 1969). "Parents Can Prevent Homosexuality". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simon, Mark (December 11, 1999). "Palo Alto to Honor Local Boy". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
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