Tom Tiede

Born February 24, 1937 in South Dakota.

Residence. Living with the bears at a tree farm on the James River, in Virginia.

Occupations. National, foreign and war correspondent for NEA, a Scripps-Howard syndicate. Newspaper owner in Georgia. Newspaper publisher in California and Utah. Newspaper editor in Montana, Washington State and North Carolina. Antiquarian book store owner in Virginia; other business ownerships.

Travels. Something in vicinity of two million miles, reporting from nearly 100 countries.

Book publications. Your men At War, a collection of Vietnam columns; Coward, a war novel; Calley, Soldier or Killer?, an account of the My Lai Massacre; Welcome to Washington, Mr. Witherspoon, a novel; The Great American Whale Rescue, an account of a trapped whale in California, 1982; American Tapestry, Eyewitness Accounts of the Twentieth Century; The Man Who Discovered Pluto; Self-Help Nation, a review of America’s myopic belief in personal perfection.

Awards. National Headliners Award, for domestic reports; Ernie Pyle Memorial Award, for war coverage; numerous state, regional and private organization awards, including Freedom Foundation's George Washington Medal.

Biography listings. Who’s Who In The World (Marquis) since its inception in 1990; Who’s Who In America (Marquis) since 1968; others.

Other activities in the arts. Once a member of a board of consultants, Norman Rockwell Museum; painter; lecturer on news and events.

Works and papers collected by the Special Archives Division of Mugar Library at Boston University. The library’s Twentieth Century Archives include materials from scores of literary people from around the world.

Present or former member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Overseas Press Club, Senate Press Gallery, White House Press Association; numerous civic organizations.

Mailing address: PO Box 230, Amherst, Va. 24521; e-mail: tomtiede@msn.com