McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, 1928-2021

[Priscilla Johnson McMillan, also known as Priscilla Livingston Johnson, Mrs. George McMillan, and Priscilla Mary Post Johnson McMillan, was born in Glen Cove, New York, on July 19, 1928. She was a journalist, author and translator who interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald in November 1959 after his defection to the Soviet Union. Her marriage to George McMillan ended in divorce.]

found: LC in RLIN, 7/20/94(hdg.: McMillan, Priscilla Johnson; usage: Priscilla Johnson)

found: Moving images relating to Marina Oswald, ca. 1963:(materials created and compiled by Priscilla Johnson McMillan, journalist and author)

found: Spartacus Educational WWW site, via Google Aug. 4, 2014: Priscilla Johnson McMillan page (Priscilla Livingston Johnson was born in Glen Cove, New York, on 19th July, 1928; master's degree from Radcliffe College; In 1953 Johnson went to work for Senator John F. Kennedy. The following year she worked as a translator for the Digest of Soviet Press. In 1955 Johnson moved to the Soviet Union where she worked as a translator for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Johnson arrived in Moscow for the third time on 4th July, 1958. She did not stay for long and returned to the United States. Soon afterwards she obtained employment as a reporter for the North American News Alliance (NANA); interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald in November 1959 regarding his defection to the Soviet Union; In 1964 Johnson befriended Marina Oswald, and the two spent considerable time together. According to Johnson, she spent thirteen years researching Marina and Lee, before it was published in 1977)

found: Washington Post via ProQuest.com search, Aug. 4, 2014: obituary, Sept. 3, 1987 (George McMillan, 74, free-lance writer who covered civil rights in the South ... died Sept. 1 at his home in St. Helena Island, S.C.; his marriage to Priscilla Johnson ended in divorce)

found: WW American Women, 6th ed.: (Priscilla Mary Post Johnson McMillan; also Mrs. George McMillan; b. Glen Cove, N.Y., July 19, 1928; Bryn Mawr, 1950; M.A. Harvard, 1953; translator, editor Current Digest of Soviet Press, N.Y.C., 1953-1956; correspondent, North American Newspaper Alliance, Moscow, 1958-1960; visitor, Russian Research Center, Harvard, 1961-1967; author of Khrushchev and the Arts)

found: Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 23, 2021(Priscilla Johnson McMillan (born Priscilla Mary Post Johnson) (July 19, 1928 - July 7, 2021) was an American journalist, translator, author, and historian. She was a Center Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Johnson_McMillan

[Priscilla Johnson McMillan, also known as Priscilla Livingston Johnson, Mrs. George McMillan, and Priscilla Mary Post Johnson McMillan, was born in Glen Cove, New York, on July 19, 1928. She was a journalist, author and translator who interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald in November 1959 after his defection to the Soviet Union. Her marriage to George McMillan ended in divorce.]

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