Well known as a political conservative , Pulliam was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1952 that named General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican Party 's presidential nominee . Pulliam was also an outspoken advocate of freedom of the press . Pulliam wrote and published " Window on the Right , " a syndicated domestic-affairs column during the 1960s ; wrote '' The Unchanging Responsibility of the American Newspaper in a Changing Society '' ( 1970 ) ; '' The People and the Press : Partners for Freedom '' ( 1965 ) , coauthored with Frederic S. Marquardt ; and '' South America , Land of the Future , Jewel of the Past '' ( 1951 ) , coauthored with his wife , Nina Mason Pulliam . Pulliam was the father of newspaper publisher Eugene Smith Pulliam ; Martha Corinne ( Pulliam ) Quayle , the mother of Dan Quayle , the 44th Vice President of the United States ; and Helen Suzanne ( Pulliam ) Murphy . He was a trustee of DePauw University , a three-term member the Associated Press 's board of directors , and a member of New York Central Railroad 's board of directors , as well as a founder of the Phoenix Zoo
Republican national convention in 1952
1952 Republican National Convention
Eugene C. Pulliam