Author. He graduated from Central High School in Kansas City Missouri, started as a copy boy at the Kansas City Bureau of Associated Press, later became a reporter, was AP's first columnist, won a Pulitzer prize in 1945 for columns and stories from the North African and European war theaters. Per the AP web site: "During 30 years with the AP Boyle wrote some 7,680 columns. He had more bylines than any other AP writer at the time of his retirement in 1974."
Author. He graduated from Central High School in Kansas City Missouri, started as a copy boy at the Kansas City Bureau of Associated Press, later became a reporter, was AP's first columnist, won a Pulitzer prize in 1945 for columns and stories from the North African and European war theaters. Per the AP web site: "During 30 years with the AP Boyle wrote some 7,680 columns. He had more bylines than any other AP writer at the time of his retirement in 1974."
Bio by: Bill Walker
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