Clifton Truman Daniel

Clifton Truman Daniel (born June 5, 1957) is an American writer and public relations executive who is the oldest grandson of former United States President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. He is a son of the late E. Clifton Daniel Jr., former managing editor of The New York Times, and best-selling mystery writer Margaret Truman. Early life Daniel was born in 5 June 1957 at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, the eldest son of Clifton Daniel and Margaret Truman. He has three brothers,(30 January 2008). Margaret Truman Daniel: 1924-2008, Chicago Tribune (" In addition to Clifton Truman Daniel, Mrs. Daniel is survived by two other sons, Harrison Gates Daniel and Thomas Gates Daniel, and five grandchildren. Her son William Wallace died in 2000.") and is Director of Public Relations for Truman College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. Prior to that, he worked as a feature writer and editor for the Morning Star and Sunday Star-News a New York Times paper in Wilmington, North Carolina. Daniel is the honorary chairman of the board of trustees of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, the member-supported, nonprofit partner of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. He is a frequent speaker and fundraiser. Daniel visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2012, the sites where his grandfather had ordered the only use of atomic bombs for warfare in history. He has frequently been asked to comment on that 1945 decision to use nuclear weapons.Smith, David (4 August 2020). 'He felt he had to do it': Truman's grandson on bombing Hiroshima, The GuardianCoorsh, Karolyn (27 May 2016). Truman expressed regret over loss of life after atomic bombings: Grandson, CTV News