Barry Schweid

Barry Schweid (July 30, 1932 – December 10, 2015) was an American journalist. As a correspondent for the Associated Press (AP), he reported on politics and international diplomacy from the 1950s until his retirement in 2012.^[1][2]

Barry Schweid
Born	(1932-07-30)July 30, 1932 New York City, U.S.
Died	December 10, 2015(2015-12-10) (aged 83)
Alma mater	Stuyvesant High School Columbia University Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation	Journalist

Schweid was born in Manhattan, New York City.^[2] He attended Stuyvesant High School (class of 1949),^[3] Columbia University (class of 1953),^[4] where he worked on the Columbia Daily Spectator,^[3] and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1954).^[2] After Columbia, he served in the U.S. Army as a public relations specialist before joining the Associated Press.^[2]

Among many other stories, Schweid covered the shuttle diplomacy efforts of Henry Kissinger.^[1]

Schweid retired in 2012.^[1] He died on December 10, 2015, from "complications of a degenerative neurological condition."^[1] After his death, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement calling Schweid "an Associated Press legend and the longtime dean of the State Department press corps".^[5]