罗德里克去世了,在一个春天的上午。据他的家人讲,他走的时候很安详、很平和。作为一个终生从事新闻工作,一直关心中国的美联社著名记者,他把自己的名字写在了中美友谊的史册上。1945年,他多次赴延安采访,1971年他作为三个美国记者之一随美国乒乓球代表团访问中国,并因此获得美联社中国报道总编奖和全国头条新闻奖;1979年,他出任美联社北京分社首任社长。 Roderick died, on a spring morning. According to his family, he was quiet and peaceful when he left. As a lifelong journalist who has always been concerned about China’s famous Associated Press reporter, he wrote his name in the annals of Sino-American friendship. In 1945, he went to Yan’an to interview many times. In 1971, he visited China as one of the three U.S. reporters with the American table tennis delegation and was awarded the AP China Chief Editor’s Award and the National Headline News Award. In 1979, he As the Associated Press Beijing Branch first president.