Robert J. Serling Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Jerome Serling (March 28, 1918 – May 6, 2010) was an American novelist and aviation writer. Born in Cortland, New York, Serling graduated from Antioch College. He became full-time aviation editor for United Press International in 1960. His novel The President's Plane Is Missing was made into a 1973 made-for-TV film starring Buddy Ebsen. He was the older brother of screenwriter and The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. He received the 1988 Lauren D. Lyman Award "for distinguished achievement in the field of aviation and aerospace journalism." He died of heart failure on May 6, 2010 at age 92.
He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Antioch College in Ohio in 1942. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces as an aircraft-identification instructor.
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Received the Trans-World Airlines, seven awards, 1958-65, for aviation news reporting, Strebig-Dobben Memorial Award, 1960; special citations from Sherman Fairchild Foundation, 1963, Flight Safety Foundation, 1970, and Airline Pilots Association, 1970; Aviation/Space Writers Association, James Trebig Memorial Award, 1964, special citation, 1967, award in fiction, 1966, for The Left Seat, and in nonfiction, 1969, for Loud and Clear.
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He personally collected commercial airline models (more than four hundred during his life) and material on aviation research.
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Member of the Society of Air Safety Investigators and the Aviation/Space Writers Association.
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His younger brother Rodman followed him into WWII after Rodman got his high school degree.
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Resides in Tucson, Arizona where he is still writing. He recently released the history of Alaska Airlines and is currently working on a non-fiction book on flying and other various projects including Twilight Zone stories. [September 2008]
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Father of Jennifer Serling and Jeffrey Serling. He is survived by four grandchildren.
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He earned a Bachelor's degree in political science from Antioch College in Ohio in 1942.
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During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Froces as an aircraft-identification instructor.
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After the war, he was a reporter for the United Press International based in Washington D.C. covering air crashes and was later aviation editor at U.P.I. and the manager of it's radio news division.
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Was made United Press International's (UPI) aviation editor in Washington, D.C., in 1960. The success of his first novel, "The President's Plane Is Missing", allowed him to quit UPI and become a full-time writer.
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