Stanton Delaplane, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Stanton Delaplane

San Francisco Chronicle columnist

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1907

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1988

Profession: columnist, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Stanton Hill ("Stan") Delaplane (12 October 1907 – 18 April 1988) was a travel writer, credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States.
Called "last of the old irreplaceables" by fellow-columnist Herb Caen, he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for 53 years, winning a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1942.