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Harold Gilliam
HAROLD GILLIAM (1918-2016) was a San Francisco-based writer, newspaperman, and environmental columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner newspapers. As one of the first environmentalist ...view moreHAROLD GILLIAM (1918-2016) was a San Francisco-based writer, newspaperman, and environmental columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner newspapers. As one of the first environmentalist journalists, in 1993 Gilliam became the first recipient of the Defender of the Trust award from the Mono Lake Committee. The Bay Institute named its Harold Gilliam Award in his honor, and also presented him with its Bay Education Award in 1995.
Gilliam was born in Los Angeles and earned a Bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA and a Master’s in economics from UC Berkeley. He later studied under Wallace Stegner at the Stanford Writing Program. He served in the 11th Armored Division in Europe in World War II. He began his career in journalism as a copy boy at the Chronicle, where he was soon made a reporter. In 1954 he became a freelancer, and in 1960 began an environmental column at the Examiner. He returned to the Chronicle in 1961, where he continued his column, “This Land”, until his retirement in 1995. His first book, San Francisco Bay (1957), spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and led to his subsequent invitation to become a founder member of Save the Bay. His other well-known books include The San Francisco Experience (1972), Above Yosemite (1983), and Above Carmel, Monterey, and Big Sur (1994).
Gilliam died in San Francisco in 2016 at the age of 98.
PHIL PALMER (1911-1992) was an American photographer who was an active member of the San Francisco experimental arts community in the 1950s and 1960s and well-known for his picture books on San Francisco. Born in Hart, Michigan, he and his wife, fellow Bay Area artist and teacher, Paula Palmer, moved to the West Coast in 1944. The couple had a son, Michael Palmer, who is a copy editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1969 they moved to Petaluma, where Phil Palmer died in 1992.view less
Books by Harold Gilliam
The San Francisco Experience: The Romantic Love Behind the Fabulous Facade of the Bay Area The Face of San Francisco Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings