Harlan Byrne was born and raised in Laclede, Missouri. After graduating from the Laclede Public School, he studied journalism and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Harlan served in the India and Burma Theatre as a first lieutenant in the Medical Administrative Corps in World War II until his honorable discharge in 1946. He then worked for Dow Jones for 56 years.
Harlan joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the Dallas bureau in 1949, and subsequently served as bureau chief in Houston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, before being transferred to the Chicago bureau in 1961. In 1985, he became Midwest editor of Barron's, also a Dow Jones publication, and continued writing until 2005.
Harlan was nominated by The Wall Street Journal for the Top 100 Business News Luminaries of the Century Awards, received the Gerald R. Loeb Award, and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter, one granddaughter and one niece and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nathaniel and Emmaline, three brothers, Robert, Howard and Donald, and one sister, Frances. Excerpt from The Chicago Sun-Times obituary.
Note: Birth certificate reads birthdate of July 29, 1920. Birthday was always celebrated July 28.
Harlan joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the Dallas bureau in 1949, and subsequently served as bureau chief in Houston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, before being transferred to the Chicago bureau in 1961. In 1985, he became Midwest editor of Barron's, also a Dow Jones publication, and continued writing until 2005.
Harlan was nominated by The Wall Street Journal for the Top 100 Business News Luminaries of the Century Awards, received the Gerald R. Loeb Award, and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter, one granddaughter and one niece and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nathaniel and Emmaline, three brothers, Robert, Howard and Donald, and one sister, Frances. Excerpt from The Chicago Sun-Times obituary.
Note: Birth certificate reads birthdate of July 29, 1920. Birthday was always celebrated July 28.
Harlan Byrne was born and raised in Laclede, Missouri. After graduating from the Laclede Public School, he studied journalism and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Harlan served in the India and Burma Theatre as a first lieutenant in the Medical Administrative Corps in World War II until his honorable discharge in 1946. He then worked for Dow Jones for 56 years.
Harlan joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the Dallas bureau in 1949, and subsequently served as bureau chief in Houston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, before being transferred to the Chicago bureau in 1961. In 1985, he became Midwest editor of Barron's, also a Dow Jones publication, and continued writing until 2005.
Harlan was nominated by The Wall Street Journal for the Top 100 Business News Luminaries of the Century Awards, received the Gerald R. Loeb Award, and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter, one granddaughter and one niece and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nathaniel and Emmaline, three brothers, Robert, Howard and Donald, and one sister, Frances. Excerpt from The Chicago Sun-Times obituary.
Note: Birth certificate reads birthdate of July 29, 1920. Birthday was always celebrated July 28.
Harlan joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the Dallas bureau in 1949, and subsequently served as bureau chief in Houston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, before being transferred to the Chicago bureau in 1961. In 1985, he became Midwest editor of Barron's, also a Dow Jones publication, and continued writing until 2005.
Harlan was nominated by The Wall Street Journal for the Top 100 Business News Luminaries of the Century Awards, received the Gerald R. Loeb Award, and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter, one granddaughter and one niece and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nathaniel and Emmaline, three brothers, Robert, Howard and Donald, and one sister, Frances. Excerpt from The Chicago Sun-Times obituary.
Note: Birth certificate reads birthdate of July 29, 1920. Birthday was always celebrated July 28.
