His father, Ernest H. Lindley, was president of The University of Idaho
from 1917-1920. The Lindley Award is given each year to the outstanding
graduate from the UI's College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.
He earned news reporting awards from the Overseas Press Club in 1949
(Best TV Spot News, while working for the DuMont Network), and in 1957
(Best Interpretation of Foreign Affairs-- Daily Newspaper or Wire
Service, while working for Newsweek).
In journalism, there exists an agreement between reporters and sources
concerning the naming of those sources known as "The Lindley Rule;" it
was started by Lindley first during the Truman Administration. Deep
background information gathered from government officials may be
published, but without attribution to any source. The reporter states
the information on his own authority.