Margaret Truman Author:Margaret Truman Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, was born on February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from George Washington University in 1946. She made her concert debut in 1947 and her first television appearance on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town. She substituted for Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person, and lat... more »er had her own radio shows (Weekday in the 1950s and Authors in the News in the 1960s). She has been active with organizations such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the Truman Centennial Committee. She has written several books, including a series of mysteries set at historic locations in Washington« less