Hamrick highlights Newsmakers Committee stalwart Peter Hickman

In his latest blog post, National Press Club President Mark Hamrick highlights the contributions to the Club of longtime Newsmakers Committee member Peter Hickman.

By his own count, Hickman has organized more than 1,000 Newsmakers, a Club-sponsored press conference. Hickman specializes in bringing foreign dignitaries and other diplomatic officials to the Club to analyze world events. About 146 of Hickman’s Newsmakers have featured heads of state, government or other political structures.

“One of his Newsmakers featured 10 prime ministers at once,” Hamrick wrote in his blog on the Club homepage (www.press.org), From the President’s Desk. “Another had three presidents, from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.”

Over his long career, Hickman served as a Navy journalist during the Korean War and as a Foreign Service Information Officer with the former U.S. Information Agency in Japan, Panama and Washington. He became a freelance writer and consultant after retiring from government in 1988.

“Fortunately for us, he decided to join the National Press Club and help make the Newsmakers venue one of our most visible,” Hamrick wrote.