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Gerard David Schine, better known as G. David Schine or David Schine (September 11, 1927 – June 19, 1996), was the wealthy heir to a hotel chain fortune who became a central figure in the Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954 in his role as the chief consultant to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
G. David Schine, a catalytic figure in the fierce drama that brought to a climax the chapter in American history known as the McCarthy era, was killed on Wednesday when a single-engine plane...
Jun 20, 1996 · G. David Schine--focus of the epic congressional hearings in the 1950s that led to the downfall of Sen. Joseph McCarthy--Schine’s wife and their son were killed Wednesday when their single-engine...
- doug.smith@latimes.com
- Senior Writer
Jun 20, 1996 · The article reports the death of Gerard David Schine, a former aide to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in his anti-Communist campaign, along with his wife and son in a small plane accident in 1996. It also recounts his role in the Army-McCarthy hearings and his later career in entertainment.
- noreply+associated-press-dn@voxmedia.com
Jun 21, 1996 · By the time he died in a plane crash alongside the Golden State Freeway, G. David Schine had fashioned a respected career a continent away from the Washington hearing rooms where he had been part...
May 18, 2010 · A subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Government Operations was seeking to learn whether Senator Joseph R. McCarthy had used improper influence to win preferential treatment for Pvt. G. David...
After Secretary of the Army, Robert T. Stevens, refused to intercede to halt an overseas assignment for McCarthy’s chief consultant, G. David Schine, who had been drafted, McCarthy’s committee began a two-month investigation of the Army.
