Bigart was born in Hawley, Pennsylvania to Homer S. Bigart, a woolens manufacturer, and Anna Schardt Bigart. To author Karen Rothmeyer, he confided near the end of his life:
He transferred to the New York University School of Journalism in 1929.
He got a part-time job as a night copy boy at the Herald Tribune, then dropped out of school to work full-time at the newspaper. He had a stutter and a painfully slow typing speed which did not stop him from being promoted to general assignment reporter after four years.

Return to Homer Bigart Autograph Profile