What is Harry J. Middleton?
[[File:Harry J. Middleton.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Middleton in the 1960s]] '''Harry Joseph Middleton, Jr.''' (October 24, 1921 – January 20, 2017) was an American journalist, author, and library director. He served as [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s Presidential speech writer and staff assistant from 1967 to 1969. In 1970, Johnson named him the director of the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum]] (LBJ Library) on the campus of the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He retired in 2002. Middleton also served as Executive Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation from 1993 until 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Freehill|first=Lynn|title=A New Day for LBJ|url=http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/01/lbj/|publisher=Alcalde|access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LBJ Presidential Library|url=http://www.lbjlibrary.org/page/library-museum/|access-date=1 August 2013|archive-date=2 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802071759/http://www.lbjlibrary.org/page/library-museum/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Middleton was born in [[Centerville, Iowa|Centerville]], [[Iowa]]. He studied at [[Washburn University]] and at [[Louisiana State University]]. Middleton died at his home in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]] on January 20, 2017, aged 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statesman.com/news/local/harry-middleton-former-lbj-speechwriter-presidential-library-director-dies/f4sXpcFH8ByX8hL6ydNXkM/|title=Harry Middleton, former LBJ speechwriter, presidential library director|publisher=Statesman|access-date=2017-01-21|archive-date=2017-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122193035/http://www.statesman.com/news/local/harry-middleton-former-lbj-speechwriter-presidential-library-director-dies/f4sXpcFH8ByX8hL6ydNXkM/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, Harry J.}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Journalists from Iowa]] {{US-bio-stub}}