SALINGER, Pierre (Emil George)

SALINGER, Pierre (Emil George). American, b. 1925. Genres: Novels, Biography. Career: San Francisco Chronicle, reporter and night city editor, 1942-55; Collier's Magazine, NYC, West Coast and contributing editor, 1955-56; U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor- Management Field, investigator, 1957-59; press secretary to Senator, then President John F. Kennedy, 1959-63, and President Lyndon Johnson; senator from California (Democrat), U.S. Senate, Washington, 1964-65; vice president, Continental Airlines, and Continental Air Services, 1965-68; MPROP Inc., sr. vice president, 1969; L'Express, Paris, roving editor, 1973- 79; ABC News, London, chief foreign correspondent and sr. editor, Europe, 1988-93 (bureau chief, Paris, 1979-88); Burson-Marsteller, vice-chairman, 1993-96; independent public relations director, 1996-2000. Mills College, Oakland, CA, guest lecturer in journalism, 1950-55; press officer, Stevenson for President Campaign, California, 1952, and Richard Graves for Governor of California Campaign, 1954. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation, Washington, trustee; American College in Paris, Board of Trustees, honorary chairman. Publications: (ed.) A Tribute to John F. Kennedy, 1964; With Kennedy, 1966; A Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy, 1968; On Instructions of My Government (novel), 1971; Je Suis un Americain, 1975; La France et Le Nouveau Monde, 1976; America Held Hostage, 1981; The Dossier (novel), 1984; Mortal Games (novel), 1988; Secret Dossier: The Hidden Agenda behind the Gulf Crisis, 1991; P.S.: A Memoir, 1995; John F. Kennedy, Commander in Chief, 1997. Address: La Bastide Rose, 99 chemin des Croupieres, 84250 Le Thor, France.