Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of TIME. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007),[1] Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) and of Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986). Dean Acheson Charles E Bohlen W Averell Harriman George F Kennan Robert A In 2007, he became a columnist for TIME.
After graduating from New Orleans' Isidore Newman School and a brief stint at Deep Springs College, Isaacson attended Harvard College (B. Isidore Newman School is a private nondenominational co-educational college preparatory school located on an 11 acre campus in the Uptown section of New Orleans Deep Springs is a private, all-male, alternative college in Deep Springs California Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, a Private university in the United States founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts A. in history and literature) and University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College (M. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics). Philosophy Politics and Economics or Politics Philosophy and Economics (often abbreviated to PPE) is a popular Interdisciplinary degree which
He began his career in journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Times-Picayune is a daily Newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor, and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's fourteenth managing editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies
He is the chairman of the board of Teach for America. Teach For America ( TFA) is a Non-profit organization whose mission is "to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most He is on the Board of Tulane University, Society for Science & the Public, and UAL Corporation (United Airlines). Tulane University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Science Service was a Non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of science through its science education programs and publications including the weekly Science UAL Corporation ( is an Airline Holding company, incorporated in Delaware with headquarters in Chicago Illinois. United Air Lines Inc, trading as United Airlines ( is a major airline of the United States. He serves on the national council of The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, the National Constitution Center, and on the Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health. The National Constitution Center is a history museum on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just two blocks from the Liberty Bell "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation. In October 2005, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco appointed Isaacson vice chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, a thirty-three-member policymaking board, led by Norman C. Francis, the president of Xavier University. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (born December 15, 1942) is a former Democratic Governor of Louisiana, having served from January 2004 until January The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA is the governmental body created in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by Governor Kathleen Blanco to plan Norman C Francis (born March 20, 1931, Lafayette Louisiana) is the president of Xavier University of Louisiana. Xavier University of Louisiana is a private coed liberal arts historically Black Roman Catholic University located in New Orleans Louisiana In December 2007, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to the chairman of the U. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. S. -Palestinian Public-Private Partnership, which seeks to create economic and educational opportunities in the Palestinian territories. [2] He also serves as the cochair of the U. S. -Vietnamese Dialogue on Agent Orange, which in January 2008 announced completion of a project to contain the dioxin left behind by the U. Agent Orange is the code name for a powerful Herbicide and Defoliant used by the U S. at the Da Nang air base and plans to build health centers and a dioxin laboratory in the affected regions. This article is about the city of Đà Nẵng For the Vietnam War era air base see Da Nang Air Base or Đà Nẵng International Airport. [3]
References
- ^ Dr. Miryam Wahrman (2 November 2007). Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Walter Isaacson’s Albert Einstein: Rebel with a cause. Jewish Standard. The Jewish Standard is a Newspaper based in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA, that serves the Jewish community in Bergen County “Isaacson had intended to complete the book about the legendary scientist at that point [the late 1990s], but learned that the last of Einstein’s papers were not to be made available until 2006. Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical … The Einstein archives that were unsealed in 2006 were located in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, with copies of all documents also housed at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים الجامعة العبرية في القدس abbreviated HUJI) is The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Isaacson visited both sites to gather information but mostly went to Caltech, where the Einstein papers project is located…”
- ^ President Bush Meets with U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership, White House press release
- ^ U.S. and Vietnam Take Steps to Control Agent Orange Contamination, Associated Press, Feb. 1, 2008
External links
- List of recent articles by Walter Isaacson
- An interview with Walter Isaacson about his book "Einstein: His Life and Universe"
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