Daniel p moynihan biography template

(b. 16 March 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; d. 26 March 2003 in Washington, D.C.), U.S. senator, ambassador, and social scientist who blended scholarship, policy, and politics in an insightful but mercurial manner.

Moynihan was the oldest of three children of John Henry Moynihan, a newspaper reporter and an advertising copywriter, and Margaret Ann (Phipps) Moynihan, a practical nurse.

Theirs was the type of troubled family that Moynihan would spend his career studying and trying to save.

Daniel p moynihan biography template

They moved from Oklahoma to the New York and New Jersey suburbs, following the father’s jobs, until he deserted them in 1937. Moynihan’s mother’s second marriage also failed, after adding another child to the family. She moved her children into a succession of low-rent apartments in New York City and occasionally resorted to public assistance.

Moynihan attended parochial and public schools while earning income by shining shoes and selling newspapers. After graduatin