Biographical information about the career of television producer David Lowe is very sketchy. The New York Times Television Encyclopedia (1977) says of him only that he was the producer of “bold investigative documentaries for CBS Reports, who in 1960 contributed one that is considered a classic, the disturbing “Harvest of Shame,” narrated by Edward R. Murrow. A few days after his death, he won an Emmy for “KKK: The Invisible Empire.” Other of his documentaries were reports on such matters as the racial strife in Birmingham, Alabama, the threat of nuclear war, the right to bear arms, abortion and the law, the funeral industry in the U.S., and the racial situation in South Africa.”
Lowe, who was married to columnist Harriett Van Horne, died September 25, 1965.
