Sam Dillon
Author of Comandos: The CIA and Nicaragua's Contra Rebels
Works by Sam Dillon
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- Canonical name
- Dillon, Sam
- Legal name
- Dillon, Samuel
- Birthdate
- 1951-05-19
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Chicago
University of Minnesota (BA|History1979)
Columbia University (MS|Journalism|1981) - Occupations
- reporter
correspondent
administrator
taxi driver
musician - Organizations
- Associated Press (chief of El Salvador bureau, 1981-82)
Miami Herald (bureau chief: San Salvador / Nicaragua / South America)
New York Times (metropolitan reporter / Mexico City bureau chief / foreign and national correspondent) - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize, 1987, for reportage on Iran- Contra scandal, and 1998, for reportage on drug corruption in Mexico
Tom Wallace Award, Inter-American Press Association, 1988, for reportage on Nicaraguan civil war, and 1989, for a profile of Manuel Noriega's business empire
Alicia Patterson fellowship, 1989
MacArthur Foundation research and writing grant, 2000-01
Overseas Press Club Award for Best Book on Foreign Affairs for "Comandos: The CIA and Nicaragua’s Contra Rebels" - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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- Works
- 2
- Members
- 18
- Popularity
- #630,788
- ISBNs
- 2