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Laurence Conrad Eklund was a Wisconsin journalist, and long time head of the Washington bureau for the Milwaukee Journal. He was born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin on May 16, 1905. After graduation from Tomahawk High School, he went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was elected to the Iron Cross Society. He worked at the Journal for 43 years, which included the position of Washington bureau chief from 1947 to 1970. In 1975 he received the Royal Order of the Northern Star from the government of Sweden. In 1990 he was inducted into the Milwaukee Press Club Hall of Fame. He was member of the National Press Club and the Gridiron Club. He was married 53 years to Ethel, who died in 1982. Laurence died in on June 20, 2002, in Bethesda, Maryland at the age of 97. He was survived by a son John.

Laurence Eklund's brother was antarctic explorer and scientist Carl Eklund.