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Whittaker Chambers (Jay Vivian Chambers) was born on 1 April, 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is an actor. Discover Whittaker Chambers'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 60 years old?

Popular As Jay Vivian Chambers
Occupation actor
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April 1901
Birthday 1 April
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death 9 July, 1961
Died Place Westminster, Maryland, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Whittaker Chambers's Wife?

His wife is Esther Shemitz Chambers (15 April 1931 - 9 July 1961) ( his death) ( 2 children)

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Wife Esther Shemitz Chambers (15 April 1931 - 9 July 1961) ( his death) ( 2 children)
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Whittaker Chambers Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Whittaker Chambers worth at the age of 60 years old? Whittaker Chambers’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Whittaker Chambers's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1925

Whittaker Chambers was born in Philadelphia and raised on Long Island. While a student at Columbia College, he edited The Morningside literary magazine (now Columbia Review). In 1925, he dropped out altogether to join the Communist Party of the United States of America or CPUSA (then the Workers Party of America). He wrote first for The Daily Worker newspaper, then for The New Masses magazine.

1932

Shortly after becoming the magazine's editor in 1932, he received orders to enter the Soviet underground. After initial work in New York, Chambers took over a Washington apparatus and added a second.

1938

Sickened by Stalin's Great Purges and Soviet actions during the Spanish Civil War, he defected from the Party in 1938. He Lay Low in Florida, then hid out in Maryland, all the while eking out a living as a translator.

1939

A year later (1939), Chambers joined Time magazine. Having proved himself (with colleague James Agee) in the "Back of the Book," he rose to become foreign editor, senior editor, and finally special project editor for publisher Henry Luce. He wrote more than a dozen cover stories including Albert Einstein, James Joyce, Marian Anderson, Arnold Toynbee, Reinhold Niebuhr, C. S. Lewis, Pope Pius XII, Tito, Stalin, and even Karl Marx.

1948

In August 1948, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) subpoenaed Chambers to testify about communists in the U. S. Government. He named names, including Harry Dexter White and Alger Hiss. Both men refuted the allegation, but White died a few days later. Hiss held firm to his position and sued Chambers for slander (after a famous episode on Meet the Press). Chambers produced the famed "Pumpkin Papers" which included typed and handwritten documents from Hiss and White. He contradicted his position that espionage had not occurred nor formed a major activity. The U. S. Department of Justice could have indicted either Hiss or Chambers but decided on Hiss.

Chambers had resigned from Time in December 1948.

1950

A jury found Hiss guilty in January 1950.

1952

After the Hiss Case, he published a best-selling autobiography, Witness (1952). Otherwise, he found himself a social outcast, able to work only at the newly formed National Review at the invitation of William F. Buckley, Jr. Chambers resigned after a short stint. He returned to college to finish his B. A.

1961

With both his children married, he died of a seventh heart attack on his Maryland farm (1961).

1964

Chambers's wife published a second book, Cold Friday (1964).

1984

President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom posthumously (1984).