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Thomas "Tom" Oliphant is an American journalist who was the Washington correspondent and a columnist for the ''Boston Globe''. == Life and career == Oliphant was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from La Jolla High School in California and in 1967 from Harvard University.〔(Tom Oliphant Biography ), Website of the United States Embassy to Poland, accessed February 13, 2010〕 In 1968 he joined the ''Boston Globe''. During his career with the newspaper, he served as its Washington correspondent and reported on ten Presidential campaigns. The Boys on the Bus, Timothy Crouse's account of the 1972 United States presidential campaign, included Oliphant as one of the prominent journalists among "the boys" covering the campaign. Oliphant was one of three editors who managed ''The Globes coverage of school desegregation in Boston, work which won a 1975 Pulitzer Prize, and he was a finalist in 1980 in the category of Editorial Writing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pulitzer Prizes: 1980 Finalists )〕 He also received a writing award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.〔 In March 2005, Oliphant suffered a brain aneurysm. His account of the experience and his recovery appeared in The Globe on June 5, 2005,〔Thomas Oliphant, (My Journey into Darkness ), Boston Globe, June 5, 2005. Also available at (CommonGround CommonSense ).〕 At the end of 2005, he was one of 32 ''Globe'' staff members who accepted a retirement buyout package from the New York Times Company, owner of ''The Globe''.〔James Burnett, (Reading Between the Lines ), ''Boston Magazine'', February 2006.〕 Oliphant has been a frequent guest on television news programs, including ''Nightline'' on ABC-TV, ''The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer'' on PBS, ''Face The Nation'', the ''Today'' show, ''Good Morning America'' and ''CBS This Morning''.〔 His last appearance on Jim Lehrer's program was on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, when he discussed the legacy of Ted Kennedy. Oliphant was also a regular guest on The Al Franken Show, where he also appeared as a guest host in August 2006.〔(The Al Franken Show Guest List ), archived October 18, 2006〕 Oliphant is married to CBS reporter Susan Spencer.〔(Thomas Oliphant, Political Journalist and Author ), Macmillan Speakers Bureau〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Oliphant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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