Donald Lambro

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An interview with Ronald Reagan in 1981

Donald Lambro (July 14, 1940 – April 24, 2023) was an American journalist. He was the chief political correspondent of The Washington Times and a columnist formerly nationally syndicated by United Feature Syndicate and now by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Biography

Donald Lambro was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism. He began his career working for the Boston Herald-Traveler and in 1968 joined United Press International in Hartford, Connecticut, covering state government.<ref name="WT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1981, the Conservative Political Action Conference awarded Don Lambro the "Outstanding Journalist Award" for his book Fat City.<ref name="WT" /> In 1985, he won the Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism.<ref name= "UFS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lambro died on April 24, 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bibliography

  • The Federal Rathole, 1975 (Template:ISBN)
  • The Conscience of a Young Conservative, 1976 (Template:ISBN)
  • Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes, 1980 (Template:ISBN)
  • Land of Opportunity: The Entrepreneurial Spirit in America, 1986 (Template:ISBN)
  • Washington—City of Scandals: Investigating Congress and Other Big Spenders, 1987 (Template:ISBN)

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