Abel, Elie

Elie Abel (1920-2004) was Chandler Professor of Communications, Stanford University. A former foreign correspondent for "The New York Times, "diplomatic correspondent for "NBC News, "and dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia, Abel is the recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Radio News. He is the author of "The Missile Crisis; Roots of Involvement "(with Marvin Kalb); and "Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin "(with Averell Harriman).