Arthur Barney Oldfield

(1909- 2003) born at Tecumseh, lived at Elk Creek, Johnson County, and at Lincoln. Journalist, military officer, publicist, philanthropist, was movie critic and first journalist to graduate from parachute school in 1942, was an aide to General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II, publicist for Warner Brothers Studio in Hollywood, serving as press agent for Errol Flynn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ronald Reagan, and publicist for defense contractor Litton Industries after 1962; established Vada and Barney Oldfield Foundation that has provided millions of dollars to fund some 250 college scholarships and fellowships. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine, September 9, 1956, pp. G-4, G-6 and Contemporary Authors, Vol 105 (Gale, 1982) 368-369 and Omaha World Herald, September 2, 1995, pp. 13, 15 and Lincoln Journal Star, July 30, 2000, pp. B-1, B-2 and Sunday World Herald obituary, April 27, 2000, pp. B-1, B-2.

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