Herbert G. Klein

Release Date: 03/27/2007

Herbert G. Klein is a USC graduate and a Life Trustee. Beginning as a reporter in Alhambra, he rose to head two major media organizations, Metromedia and Copley Newspapers. A longtime advisor to Richard Nixon, he served as President Nixon's communications director from 1969 to 1973 and accompanied him on his historic 1972 visit to China. From 1980 to 2003, he was editor in chief of Copley Newspapers, a chain of nine daily and eight weekly newspapers, whose flagship paper is the San Diego Union - Tribune. Since retiring from the Copley Press, Mr. Klein has continued to research and write on a great variety topics, including how China is changing. In his 1980 book Making It Perfectly Clear, Mr. Klein drew on his experience working in five presidential campaigns to discuss the love - hate relationship between politicians and the press.

The Herbert G. Klein Lecture is sponsored by the USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

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