Elbert Clifton Daniel, Jr. (September 19, 1912 – February 21, 2000) was the managing editor of The New York Times from 1964 to 1969.[1] Before assuming the top editorial job at the paper, he served as the paper's London and Moscow bureau chief.

Clifton Daniel was married to former United States President Harry S. Truman's daughter, Margaret on April 21, 1956, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. The couple resided in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Biography

Daniel was born to Elbert Clifton Daniel, the mayor and druggist of Zebulon, North Carolina, and Elvah T. Jones Daniel[2] in 1912. Having heart disease, Clifton Daniel suffered a stroke and succumbed on February 21, 2000 at his Park Avenue apartment in Manhattan, aged 87.[3]

He and his wife Margaret, who died in January 2008, had four sons. His 41-year-old son William Wallace Daniel followed his father in death a little over six months later on September 4, 2000, after being hit by a taxicab in Manhattan.[4]

Daniel appeared as a contestant on the July 15, 1956 episode of What's My Line?,[5] and as a guest panelist on the June 16, 1957 episode [6]

References

External links

• Oral History Interview with E. Clifton Daniel - The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
• Obituary of Clifton Daniel - The New York Times
• Clifton Daniel at Find a Grave
• A film clip "The Open Mind - About the Presidency (1984)" is available at the Internet Archive
• Clifton Daniel papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.