About
Former NYTimes editor, writer, columnist. Currently an author, co-author, or ghostwriter of general non-fiction books, most recently with physicians or management consultants. Also writing essays and articles for publications/web sites including The NYTimes Magazine, AARP, AOL.com. Now looking to sell completed memoir.
Featured Work
Me and The Times. My wild ride from elevator operator to New York Times editor, columnist, and change agent (1967-97)
I was hired by The New York Times Magazine in 1967, after stints in hometown journalism and in PR with the aviation and oil industries. Over the next 30 years, I edited seven Sunday sections, innovating and troublemaking. I also wrote for these sections and created a pioneering column about issues and trends affecting the elderly.
The book is built on anecdote and insight. An intimate, warts-and-all description of the making of the Sunday sections at a time when they shaped the country's political and cultural conversation. Encounters with boldface names such as Jerry Orbach, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rod Laver, Ahmet Ertagun, Jan Morris.
Overall, the book offers a fresh perspective on an era and an industry that were so very different from today's.
Other Works
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Preventing Hospital Infections
2014
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The Power of LEO
2012
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Safety Lessons From the Morgue
2012
