in Emporia. His widow and a daughter survived him. Just before his death, the Emporia city commission renamed the 1940 Civic Auditorium in his honor. Legacy After White's death, a memorial fund was established in his name to plant more trees in Emporia. By the turn of the century, more than 300 trees had been planted with money from this fund. There is also a bronze bust and a sample of his writing in White Memorial Park at Sixth Avenue and Merchant Street in Emporia. Works What People Said, 1938 Zero Hour, 1940 Journey for Margaret, 1941 They Were Expendable, 1942 Queens Die Proudly, 1943 Report on the Russians, 1945 Report on the Germans, 1947 Lost Boundaries, 1948 Land of Milk and Honey, 1949 Bernard Baruch, 1951 Back Down the Ridge, 1953 The Captives of Korea, 1957 The Little Toy Dog, 1962 Report on the Asians, 1969 References American newspaper editors Editors of Kansas newspapers Journalists from Kansas Writers from Kansas 1900 births 1973 deaths The Harvard Lampoon alumni People from Emporia, Kansas American male novelists American male journalists 20th-century American novelists Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Deaths from cancer in Kansas Harvard College alumni 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American journalists