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Robert Lochner
American journalist

Robert Lochner

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American journalist
Gender
Male
Place of birth
New York City, USA
Place of death
Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
Age
84 years
Education
University of Chicago
Awards
Order of Merit of Berlin
 
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 
Wilhelm Leuschner Medal
 
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Biography

Robert H. Lochner (October 20, 1918 - September 21, 2003) was a journalist who helped to revive the free media in West Germany after World War II and who is most well known for assisting John F. Kennedy with his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963.

Early life

Born in New York City on October 20, 1918, Lochner grew up in Berlin.

Education

Lochner studied one semester at the University of Berlin, and then took a B.A. and an M.A. in Political Science and Economics at the University of Chicago and remained in the U.S.

Career

Lochner worked for NBC during World War II, and returned to Germany as a U.S. soldier in 1945. His firm knowledge of the German language enabled him to become chief interpreter for the US occupation forces in Western Germany, until he took a position as chief editor of the Neue Zeitung newspaper in Frankfurt in 1949.

Lochner also was head of the Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS, English: Broadcasting in the American sector), a radio station supported by the US government in West Berlin during Kennedy's visit to West Germany. Lochner famously acted as Kennedy's interpreter, helping the president practice his speech on June 26, 1963 and the key phrase "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a Berliner"), for which he created the phonetic spelling "ish bin ein bear-lee-ner".

Later in his life, Lochner worked in Vietnam and Washington before retiring in Berlin. He died from a pulmonary embolism on September 21, 2003, and left three daughters and a son.

Distinctions

  • Große Bundesverdienstkreuz
  • 1993: Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin
  • Freiheitsglocke in Silver
  • Lucius D. Clay Medal
  • Gold Medal of the Munich Marionet Theater
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