In the 1960s, Whitten worked for Jack Anderson, who took over the Washington Merry-Go-Round from founder Drew Pearson in 1969 (here, Pearson stands left with U.S. Returning to Lehigh, he changed his major to English and Journalism, became the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, and graduated magna cum laude in 1950. Army, and moved to Paris to become a poet. After three semesters he left school, served two years in the U.S. Whitten started at Lehigh University by majoring in civil engineering. "From the time I was 18, I wanted to be a poet," Whitten said later in life. He grew up in Washington, DC, and attended the Woodrow Wilson High School. His father was an electrical engineer and executive with the manufacturer Graybar. Leslie Hunter Whitten, Jr., was born on February 21, 1928, in Jacksonville, Florida. Les Whitten (Febru– December 2, 2017) was an American investigative reporter at the Washington Merry-Go-Round under Jack Anderson, as well as translator of French poetry by Baudelaire and influential novelist of horror and science fiction books. The Watergate scandal was one of the most important news stories that Whitten covered in his career (here, Watergate complex, Washington, D.C.)
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