Barnet Nover

Barnet Nover (born Barnet Novogrudsky; February 11, 1899 – April 15, 1973) was an American journalist from New York. Over the course of his 50-year career, Nover covered public affairs and foreign policy for the Buffalo Evening News, Washington Post, and Denver Post. An honorable mention for the 1930 Pulitzer Prize, Nover briefly served as acting chair of the Standing Committee of Correspondents of the Capitol Press Gallery. After death, the Washington Press Club's Barnet Nover Memorial Award was established in his memory.

Early life and education Barnet Novogrudsky was born in New York City and attended DeWitt Clinton High School. The following year, he received a Master of Arts degree from the same university. For a three-year period, beginning in 1944, he hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Washington Views and Interviews simultaneous to his work with The Washington Post.

Personal life Nover was married to Naomi Goll in 1934. He had at least one sister, Mary, who married Isaac Edward Kiev and worked as a librarian at Congregation Emanu-El of New York from 1949 to 1964.

Nover was a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the White House Correspondents Association, and the National Press Club.

According to Marlin Fitzwater, in 1988 Naomi Nover also donated a refrigerator in Barnet Nover's memory to the White House Briefing Room, which was subsequently used to store turkey sandwiches and soft drinks. Over a period of years the door of the Nover memorial refrigerator stopped functioning and rust developed on it, until it was finally removed sometime prior to 1995.