Greenville Public Library
Bill Booker Lecture on Lowell Thomas 

Local historian & author Bill Booker will give the second lecture in a series on Tuesday, May 7th at 2:00 p.m. in the Green ville Public Library’s Reference Room.  The title is “Lowell Thomas - A Man For All Seasons.”   In Bill’s words: 

“To know him was to be at once startled, surprised, and reassured all at the same instant.  A true pioneer broadcast newsman, he was the original Walter Cronkite, the original Huntley-Brinkley put together.  And he found time to author no less than 57 non-fiction books. 

“L.T., as his friends called him, was born in the Darke County hamlet of Woodington, six miles north of Greenville, in 1892.  Until his demise nearly 90 years later, he earned the title of Voice of American Radio and TV Newscasts.  And there was a lot more to this man...locally born and raised who’s own son rose to a lieutenant governorship... and a man who never for a minute forgot his roots here in west central Ohio.”  

Bill, who was a friend of Lowell’s, will share “personal memories of this great individual and winner of the coveted Presidential Medal.  You will come away filled with respect for this tremendous man.”   Bill is seen left with Lowell and Mr. & Mrs. W.D. Brumbaugh in a photo from the 1970’s.