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David Perlman was born on 30 December, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is an American science journalist (1918–2020). Discover David Perlman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 101 years old?

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Occupation Journalist
Age 101 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 30 December 1918
Birthday 30 December
Birthplace Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Date of death 19 June, 2020
Died Place San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1918

David Perlman (December 30, 1918 – June 19, 2020) was an American science journalist based in San Francisco, California, who was the science editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Perlman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

1939

Perlman graduated from Columbia College, where he worked for the student newspaper Columbia Daily Spectator in 1939 and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1940.

1940

He began his career as a reporter in 1940 at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he started covering science in 1957, after breaking his leg while skiing and reading about astronomy during his recovery.

2000

In 2000, the American Geological Union recognized his contributions to science news reporting by instituting the "David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism—News".

A former president of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, he was a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.

He was the recipient of journalism awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union and the United States Geological Survey.

2017

He became the Chronicle 's science editor emeritus after retiring in August 2017 at the age of 98.

In a 2017 interview for Poynter, he stated that cuts to science coverage in the media are "absolutely obscene" and create "a generation with a major disability in what they can think about and understand."

2020

Perlman died on June 19, 2020, at the age of 101.