Priscilla Johnson McMillan

Priscilla Johnson McMillan
Priscilla Johnson McMillan
Born	Priscilla Mary Post Johnson; July 19, 1928; Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
Died	July 7, 2021 (aged 92); Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Bryn Mawr College (BA, 1950); Radcliffe College/Harvard University (MA, 1953);
Occupations	Journalist; translator; author; historian;
Years active	1958–2021
Notable credits	North American Newspaper Alliance; The Reporter;
Spouse	George McMillan (m. 1966; div. 1980)

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.^[1]

At the beginning of her career she worked for Senator John F. Kennedy and saw him informally for several years thereafter. During the late 1950s she served as reporter in Moscow for the North American Newspaper Alliance, and interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald as he was defecting to the Soviet Union in 1959. Following the assassination of President Kennedy by Oswald, she became friendly with Oswald's widow, and in 1977 published the acclaimed study Marina and Lee: The Tormented Love and Fatal Obsession Behind Lee Harvey Oswald's Assassination of John F. Kennedy. She also published Khrushchev and the Arts: The Politics of Soviet Culture, 1962–1964 (1965) with co-editor Leopold Labedz and The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race (2005) about the Oppenheimer security hearing.

She was the only individual who, to a significant extent, personally knew both President Kennedy and his killer.^[a]

^ ^a ^b Pazzanese, Christina; Ireland, Corydon; Walsh, Colleen; Powell, Alvin (November 21, 2013). "The day the president died". The Harvard Gazette.
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^ Lord, Debbie M. (November 22, 2013). "Thirteen things you may not have known about JFK, the assassination and the events surrounding it". The Birmingham News. Updated March 7, 2019.

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[gazette-1] Pazzanese, Christina; Ireland, Corydon; Walsh, Colleen; Powell, Alvin (November 21, 2013). "The day the president died". The Harvard Gazette.

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[al-2013-5] Lord, Debbie M. (November 22, 2013). "Thirteen things you may not have known about JFK, the assassination and the events surrounding it". The Birmingham News. Updated March 7, 2019.

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Priscilla Johnson McMillan
Born	Priscilla Mary Post Johnson (1928-07-19)July 19, 1928 Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
Died	July 7, 2021(2021-07-07) (aged 92) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Bryn Mawr College (BA, 1950) Radcliffe College/Harvard University (MA, 1953)
Occupations	Journalist translator author historian
Years active	1958–2021
Notable credits	North American Newspaper Alliance The Reporter
Spouse	George McMillan (m. 1966; div. 1980)