Researching Sam Summerlin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 66 people with the Summerlin surname? In that year Summerlin was ranked number 3513 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Sam means "to hear" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Sam Summerlin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sam Summerlin and the Summerlin Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 130 people with the Summerlin surname in the UK? Summerlin is now ranked number 3920 for popularity in the UK. |
Summerlin Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Sam Summerlin
Sam Summerlin
Sam Summerlin (January 1, 1928 – February 27, 2017) was an American journalist, author and foreign correspondent. He was best known for his time as an Associated Press correspondent from 1949 to 1975. On July 27, 1953, while working as an AP war correspondent, Summerlin became the first journalist to report on the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War.
He was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on January 1, 1928. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina before joining the staff of the Associated Press as a journalist in 1949. In 1951, the AP sent him to cover the Korean War as a foreign correspondent when he was 23-years old, becoming one of the youngest journalists to cover the conflict.
Summerlin left the Associated Press in 1975 to take the position of president and chairman of the news service and syndicate at the New York Times. He also authored several books, including The China Cloud and Latin America: Land of Revolution.
Sam Summerlin died from complications of Parkinson's disease at a nursing home in Carlsbad, California, on February 27, 2017, at the age of 89.
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