Journalist, Author. He is remembered for his contributions to political news reporting and commentary that ran from 1945 until his death. Born into a prestigious family with political connections, he was a great nephew of US President Theodore Roosevelt. After graduating from Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut in 1936, he worked as an editor for the Doubleday, Doran publishing house in New York City, New York. Following the US entry into World War II in December 1941, he tried to join the US Army but was turned down due to high blood pressure, and he joined the British Army instead. He later transferred to the US Army and assigned to work for the Office of Strategic Services intelligence agency and was dropped behind enemy lines in France to help with the French Resistance. For his efforts he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre (with palm). After the end of the war, he returned to the US and became a co-writer, along with his younger brother Joseph Alsop, of the "Matter of Fact" column for the New York Herald Tribune newspaper. In 1958 he began writing for the Saturday Evening Post until 1968, when he was hired by Newsweek magazine to write a weekly column. During his career, he wrote several books, including "Nixon & Rockefeller: A Double Portrait" (1960), "The Center: People and Power in Political Washington" (1968), and "Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir" (1973).
Journalist, Author. He is remembered for his contributions to political news reporting and commentary that ran from 1945 until his death. Born into a prestigious family with political connections, he was a great nephew of US President Theodore Roosevelt. After graduating from Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut in 1936, he worked as an editor for the Doubleday, Doran publishing house in New York City, New York. Following the US entry into World War II in December 1941, he tried to join the US Army but was turned down due to high blood pressure, and he joined the British Army instead. He later transferred to the US Army and assigned to work for the Office of Strategic Services intelligence agency and was dropped behind enemy lines in France to help with the French Resistance. For his efforts he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre (with palm). After the end of the war, he returned to the US and became a co-writer, along with his younger brother Joseph Alsop, of the "Matter of Fact" column for the New York Herald Tribune newspaper. In 1958 he began writing for the Saturday Evening Post until 1968, when he was hired by Newsweek magazine to write a weekly column. During his career, he wrote several books, including "Nixon & Rockefeller: A Double Portrait" (1960), "The Center: People and Power in Political Washington" (1968), and "Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir" (1973).
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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