Who’s Who to vet U.S. vets after Tribune report

Who’s Who, the country’s biographical reference standard since its founding in Chicago 110 years ago, spends up to $1.5 million a year checking the educational and work histories submitted by those listed in the volume.

But military decorations? “We never thought anybody would be dumb enough” to lie about those, said Who’s Who publisher Jim Pfister, so Who’s Who never vetted those. Now it will.

Pfister, himself a decorated Vietnam veteran, decided to do so after a Tribune investigation discovered that a third of the medals for valor claimed by hundreds of Who’s Who “biographees” are not supported by their military records. “We will change some of our processes in scrutinizing the awards section,” he said.

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Source: Chicago Tribune

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