Henry Gladstone

Henry Gladstone (c. 1911 — January 22, 1995)^[1] was an American radio newscaster and actor. He was a newscaster for WOR (AM) for 32 years; and was notably that station's United Nations correspondent. He also narrated documentaries for The March of Time during World War II.

Born in Boston, Gladstone was a graduate of the University of Toronto.^[1] He began his career as an actor in Off-Broadway plays in New York during the Great Depression in the early 1930s.^[1] He returned to Boston to begin a career in radio on variety shows and news broadcasts; working first with WNAC.^[2][1] In 1935 he became the news announcer for WHDH in Boston, but left there in 1936 to become an announcer for both WNAC and the Yankee Network.^[2][3]

In 1938 Gladstone returned to New York to join the staff of WHN as an announcer.^[1][4] In 1940 he served as the announcer for Jimmy Walker's radio series Jimmy Walker's Opportunity Hour on WHN.^[5]

In 1942 Gladstone left WHN to become a news broadcaster for WOR (AM) with whom he remained until his retirement 35 years later in 1977.^[1] During World War II he narrated several documentaries for The March of Time, and after the war he worked primarily as WOR's United Nations correspondent.^[1]

In 1977 Gladstone moved to San Diego, California where he remained living in retirement until his death in 1995 of heart failure at the age of 83.^[1]

Gladstone's son, Steve Gladstone, is the head coach of the men's heavyweight crew at Yale, and is one of the winningest coaches in collegiate rowing history.