Nate White

Nathaniel ("Nate") Ridgway White was an award-winning journalist known for his business and financial reporting at The Christian Science Monitor. He received the second and third Gerald Loeb Awards for Newspapers, the most prestigious award for business journalism.

Nate White
Born(1910-03-10)March 10, 1910
DiedApril 25, 1984(1984-04-25) (aged 74)
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A.
Alma materSouthwestern Presbyterian University
Occupationjournalist
Years active1937–1984
EmployerThe Christian Science Monitor
Awards

Early life

White was born on March 10, 1910,[1] in Ohio to John S. and Grace R. White.[2]

He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1931.[3][4]

Career

White joined the Falmouth Outlook in Falmouth, Kentucky, in 1932 and rose to the position of editor.[5][6] In 1936, he shared third prize for Best Editorial in a Kentucky daily newspaper from the Kentucky Press Association.[7]

He moved to Boston in 1937 to be a radio news writer for The Christian Science Monitor.[5][4] He was the Monitor's San Francisco correspondent in the early 1940s.[8]

White served as a navy officer during World War II from 1942 to 1945.[8]

After the war, he was the director of information for the Committee for Economic Development from 1948 to 1955,[8][9] then returned to The Christian Science Monitor as the business and finance editor.[8] He wrote a weekly column called "Trend of the Economy."[8] While at the Monitor, he received two Gerald Loeb Awards for Newspapers: first in 1959 for a series of articles on the problems of recession and recovery,[10] and again in 1960 for a series titled "Horizons Unlimited: Freedom's Answers."[11] He was a finalist for the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[12]

In 1958, he hosted and moderated American Issues, an 18-part television series of 15-minue debates on economic issues produced by WNET and distributed by National Educational Television.[13]

White became the editor of the American Banker in 1962.[14]

Religious activities

White became a Christian Scientist in 1927 and received his primary class instruction in 1932.[4] He became a public practitioner of Christian Science in 1963.[4][15] He held various positions in branch churches, including First Reader and chairman of the executive board.[4]

He began serving on the Christian Science Board of Lectureship in 1969,[4] and made a number of lecture tours around the country throughout the 1970s.[15][16][17]

Personal life

White was married to Mary Carolyn Lowndes White.[18][19]

He died in Palm Beach, Florida on April 25, 1984,[20] and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Flint, Michigan.[1] His wife, Mary, died in 2000 and is buried near her husband.[19]

References
  1. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG8-T9D4 : 13 December 2015), Nathaniel Ridgway White, 1984; Burial, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States of America, Glenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 118288345, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLNJ-DXG : accessed 23 February 2019), Nathaniel R White in household of John S White, Union, Brown, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 4A, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1157; FHL microfilm 1,375,170.
  3. "Class of 1931" (PDF). Southwestern News. XIX (6). July 1957. p. 7. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  4. "Notices". Christian Science Sentinel. 71 (28). July 12, 1969. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  5. "White called to Boston". The Cincinnati Enquirer. XCVIL (90) (Kentucky ed.). July 7, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  6. "Column Right!". The Dayton Herald. LVIII (133) (Home ed.). July 4, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  7. "Gracean Pedley's Lyon County Herald has best editorial in state weeklies". The Owensboro Messenger. 62 (119). Associated Press. June 12, 1936. p. 4. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  8. Canham, Erwin D. (1958). Commitment to Freedom: The Story of The Christian Science Monitor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 276, 327–8, 337. LCCN 58-9055.
  9. LaBorde, Adras (February 1, 1954). "Talk of the Town". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. LXXI (275) (Home Final ed.). p. 6. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  10. "Writers receive 1959 Loeb Awards". The New York Times. June 10, 1959. p. 75. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  11. "Sees commanding lead over red output". Fort Lauderdale News. June 9, 1960. p. 9-D. Retrieved February 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Fischer, Heinze-D; Fischer, Erika J. (2003). Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917–2000. Part F/Volume 17. Munich: K. G. Saur. p. 80. ISBN 3-598-30187-1. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  13. "WNET Licensing (A's)" (PDF). WNET. October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  14. "New Century Club to hear Nate White". The Boston Globe. CLXXXI (38) (Evening ed.). February 2, 1962. p. 6. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  15. "White to give lecture". The Post-Star. 70 (157). June 6, 1974. p. 17. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  16. "Churches schedule guest speakers". Sunday Journal and Star. 103 (103). December 2, 1973. p. 11E. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  17. White, Nathan Ridgway (November 17, 1971). "The Continuity of Good". cslectures.org. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  18. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9Q7-S12 : 14 March 2018), Nathaniel R White, Tract 6E, Berkeley, Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-156, sheet 62A, line 21, family, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 190.
  19. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG8-T9D7 : 11 July 2016), Mary Lowndes White, 2000; Burial, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States of America, Glenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 118288428, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  20. "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVJV-R4R : 25 December 2014), Nathaniel Ridgeway White, 25 Apr 1984; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol., certificate number 39212, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
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