Texas Newspaper Foundation

Harold Hudson, a native of Gorman, served as president of Panhandle Press Association in 1957-58, as president of Texas Press Association in 1967-68, and president of the National Newspaper Association in 1977-78.

Hudson started in the newspaper business at age 13 as a printer’s devil at the Ochiltree County Herald in Perryton. Hudson served in the U.S. Army in World War II, enlisting as soon as he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1942. He was honorably discharged in 1946.

He returned to Perryton and was named news editor of the Herald. In 1959, he became publisher after purchasing controlling interest in the newspaper.

In 1983, Hudson received the coveted Amos Award from the National Newspaper Association, an honor recognizing a community newspaper publisher’s professional achievement, community leadership and advancement of the journalism profession. Hudson died July 4, 1991, at age 71.

At the time of his death, he was vice president of the Texas Newspaper Foundation and had served as a trustee since its founding in 1974.

Hudson was married to Jane and they had three children.