Rooney (Andy) Papers, 1922-2011
ROONEY (ANDY) PAPERS, 1922-2011. See TARO record at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00045/cah-00045.html (96 ft., 9 in.) This collection is open for research use. This collection is stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval. Use of audio and video materials by appointment only; please contact repository for more information. Cite as: Andy Rooney Papers, 1922-2011, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. [AR 97-193, 97-073, 97-091, 2000-014, 2011-306, 2011-313, 2011-324, 2011-358, 2012-006, 2012-007, 2012-013, 2012-019, 2012-024, 2012-030, 2012-029, 2012-036, 2012-040, 2012- 062, 2012-066, 2012-180, 2012-048, 2015-262] ______________________________________________________________________________ BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Journalist and author Andrew Aitken Rooney was born in Albany, New York, on January 14, 1919. Rooney attended The Albany Academy from 1932 to 1938, where he began his writing career as a contributor to the student magazine The Cue. At Colgate University, Rooney served as editor of Colgate’s magazine The Banter and played on the school’s football team, a reflection of his life-long love affair with the game. In 1941, Rooney was drafted into the United States Army. Although he arrived in England as part of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment in 1942, that same year he answered a call for reporters for The Stars and Stripes, the Armed Forces daily newspaper. As a writer for the London-based publication, Rooney counted among his colleagues United Press reporter Walter Cronkite, Stars and Stripes correspondent Don Hewitt, and Edward R.
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