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Hugh Malcom Downs

Born: 1921 in Akron, Ohio
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Hugh lived in Illinois from 1943 to 1954. He worked at WMAQ in Chicago as an announcer, disc jockey, interviewer, and Master of Ceremonies on various radiio and television programs.

Biography: Hugh Downs is a retired American broadcaster, television host, producer, and author. The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University was named after the author.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Downs
Hugh Malcom Downs on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=hugh+malcom+downs


Selected Titles

Greater Phoenix :
ISBN: 1881096696 OCLC: 40881594

Towery Pub., Memphis, TN : ©1999.

A portrait of Phoenix, Arizona, includes thousands of full-color photographs of city life, along with profiles of prominent organizations and businesses.

Letter to a great grandson :
ISBN: 074324723X OCLC: 53324930

Scribner, New York : ©2004.

On camera :
ISBN: 0399132031 OCLC: 13395144

Putnam, New York : ©1986.

Potential; the way to emotional maturity.
ISBN: 0385037422 OCLC: 704705

Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1973.

  Pure gold :
ISBN: 0971716005 OCLC: 51553928

Arizona State University, [Phoenix?] : ©2001.

Hugh and Ruth Downs presentation at a Journeys of the Mind discussion on romantic relationships organized by Arizona State University on March 28, 200l.

Thirty dirty lies about old /
ISBN: 0895050331 OCLC: 4751944

Argus Communications, Niles, Ill. : ©1979.

 

 

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