GEORGIE ANNE GEYER
Name: Georgie Anne Geyer
Born: 2 April 1935
Georgie Anne Geyer (born April 2, 1935) is an American journalist and columnist
for the Universal Press Syndicate. Her columns focus on foreign affairs issues
and appear in approximately 120 newspapers in North and Latin America. She is
the author of several books, including a biography of Fidel Castro.
Geyer was born in Chicago. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at
Northwestern University in 1956, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega
sorority. She attended the University of Vienna on a Fulbright Scholarship. She
speaks Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Russian.
Her first job was with the Chicago Southtown Economist. From 1959 to 1974, Geyer
was a reporter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, where she worked from
society reporting to the news desk and eventually foreign correspondent. After
leaving the paper she began her syndicated column.
In 1973, she was the first Western reporter to interview Saddam Hussein, then
Vice President of Iraq, and has also interviewed Yasser Arafat, Anwar Sadat,
King Hussein of Jordan, Moammar Gadhafi, and the Ayatollah Khomeini. She has
reported on rebels in the Dominican Republic, held by authorities in Angola for
her reporting during the civil war, and threatened with death by the White Hand
death squads in Guatemala.
Geyer has more than 21 honorary degrees, including three from Northwestern alone.
Her life story was adapted into the sitcom Hearts Afire, which ran on CBS in
the 1990s; Markie Post played a columnist and correspondent named Georgie Anne
Hartman.
Name: Georgie Anne Geyer
Born: 2 April 1935
Georgie Anne Geyer (born April 2, 1935) is an American journalist and columnist
for the Universal Press Syndicate. Her columns focus on foreign affairs issues
and appear in approximately 120 newspapers in North and Latin America. She is
the author of several books, including a biography of Fidel Castro.
Geyer was born in Chicago. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at
Northwestern University in 1956, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega
sorority. She attended the University of Vienna on a Fulbright Scholarship. She
speaks Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Russian.
Her first job was with the Chicago Southtown Economist. From 1959 to 1974, Geyer
was a reporter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, where she worked from
society reporting to the news desk and eventually foreign correspondent. After
leaving the paper she began her syndicated column.
In 1973, she was the first Western reporter to interview Saddam Hussein, then
Vice President of Iraq, and has also interviewed Yasser Arafat, Anwar Sadat,
King Hussein of Jordan, Moammar Gadhafi, and the Ayatollah Khomeini. She has
reported on rebels in the Dominican Republic, held by authorities in Angola for
her reporting during the civil war, and threatened with death by the White Hand
death squads in Guatemala.
Geyer has more than 21 honorary degrees, including three from Northwestern alone.
Her life story was adapted into the sitcom Hearts Afire, which ran on CBS in
the 1990s; Markie Post played a columnist and correspondent named Georgie Anne
Hartman.