Lowell Nussbaum (born November 6, 1901 – November 22, 1987) was a professional

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whose ''The Things I Hear'' column ran in ''The

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'' newspaper from 1945 to 1971. He was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 1975.

Early life

Nussbaum was born in

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. He attended Mann School until his family moved and later attended the Country School outside Fort Wayne. He graduated from Jefferson School in 1919 and enrolled at the

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Family

He was the oldest of three children and son of Josephine Reuss and Percy L. Nussbaum. His father died in 1916.

Career

Nussbaum first worked as a laborer for the Truck Company and at a box company in that same year. Soon after he got involved with the newspaper business and bought and built newspaper routes. He also was promoted as a proof-reader for the paper and it was at that time, Nussbaum realized his desire to become a reporter and later that summer began working for the ''

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''. In the summer of 1920, he worked for the ''Huntington Press'' as a reporter. In 1921, he worked for the ''

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'' and eventually became the paper's aviation editor. He worked for the ''Indianapolis Times'' until 1933 and decided to join the '' Toledo News-Bee'' as an assistant city editor. He returned to the ''Indianapolis Times'' in 1938 as a special assignment reporter and columnist and remained with them until 1945. He then worked for the ''Indianapolis Star'' as a columnist and worked here until his retirement in 1971.

Awards and honors

*Casper Award in 1961 *Indianapolis Zoological Society named the zoo's administration building the Lowell Nussbaum Center *Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame on April 28, 1975

Organizations

*One of the founders of the Indianapolis Press Club *Fourth president of the Indianapolis Press Club *Chairman of the Constitution Committee *President of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild *President, vice president, secretary, and Board Member Emeritus of the Indianapolis Zoological Society

References

American male journalists 20th-century American journalists 1901 births 1987 deaths People from Indiana University of Michigan alumni 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers {{US-journalist-1900s-stub