Edward W. Barrett

Edward Ware Barrett
4th Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
In office
February 16, 1950 – February 20, 1952
Preceded byGeorge V. Allen
Succeeded byHowland H. Sargeant
Personal details
Born(1910-07-03)July 3, 1910
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1989(1989-10-03) (aged 79)
Alma materPrinceton University (BA)

Edward Ware Barrett (July 3, 1910 – October 3, 1989) was an American journalist who was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1950 to 1952, and Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism from 1956 to 1968, in which capacity he founded the Columbia Journalism Review in 1961.