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Jon Meacham
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Jon Meacham, 2014
BornJon Ellis Meacham
(1969-05-20) May 20, 1969 (age 55)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationWriter, journalist, editor
EducationBA
Alma materThe University of the South, The McCallie School
Years active1995–present
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize
SpouseMargaret Keith Smythe Meacham
Children3
Website
www.jonmeacham.com

Jon Ellis Meacham (/ˈmiːtʃəm/; born May 20, 1969) is a presidential historian. A former Executive Editor and Executive Vice President at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. Meacham also wrote Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (2012). Additionally, he is currently a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University.[1]

Life and career

Meacham was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He joined Newsweek as a writer in January 1995.[2][3][4]

Meacham speaking in 2016

His presidential biography of Andrew Jackson won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.[5]

Meacham has received honorary degrees from Dickinson College,[6] Middlebury College, Wake Forest University, the University of Tennessee, the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, and The University of the South, among other colleges.

He is an Episcopalian.[7]

Television

From May 2010 to April 2011, Meacham was co-host with Alison Stewart of Need to Know on PBS. He is also a frequent guest on MSNBC's Morning Joe and has appeared multiple times on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher.[8][9][10][11]

He is also a frequent contributor panelist on many MSNBC programs, such as The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.[citation needed]

Books

  • Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (editor). New York: Random House. 2001. ISBN 978-0-375-75881-2.
  • Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship. New York: Random House. 2003. ISBN 978-0-8129-7282-5.
  • American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. New York: Random House. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8129-7666-3.
  • American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. New York: Random House. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4000-6325-3.[A]
  • American Homer: Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic The Civil War: A Narrative (editor). New York: Random House. 2011.
  • Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. New York: Random House. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6766-4.
  • Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. New York: Random House. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4000-6765-7.

Honorary degrees

Jon Meacham has received Honorary Degrees from several Universities, These Include

Location Date School Degree
 Tennessee 15 May 2010 Sewanee: The University of the South Doctorate [13] [14]
 Pennsylvania May 2010 Dickinson College Doctor of Journalism (DJ) [15]
 Louisiana 12 May 2012 Loyola University New Orleans Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [16] [17]
 North Carolina 2017 Wake Forest University Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) [18]
 Vermont 28 May 2017 Middlebury College Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) [19]
 Tennessee December 2017 University of Tennessee Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [20]
 Massachusetts 19 May 2018 University of Massachusetts Lowell Doctorate [21]

Notes

  1. ^ American Lion won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Department of Political Science. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. ^ Calderone, Michael (April 24, 2009). "Newsweek's Meacham prepares to leave the magazine | The Upshot Yahoo! News". News.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  3. ^ Jon Meacham (June 15, 2010). "Authors". Newsweek. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Commentary Magazine article". Commentary Magazine article. October 16, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "2009 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org.
  6. ^ Gregg, Becca (2010-05-23). "Dickinson College sends graduates into the world". The Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  7. ^ Meacham, Jon. "God and Gays" – via ideas.time.com.
  8. ^ "Joe: Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican Party". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  9. ^ "Meacham: Bush knew exactly what he was saying". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  10. ^ Real Time with Bill Maher (2016-01-22), Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime – January 22, 2016 (HBO), retrieved 2016-06-30
  11. ^ Real Time with Bill Maher (2015-04-17), Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime – April 17, 2015 (HBO), retrieved 2016-06-30
  12. ^ "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Biography or Autobiography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-26. With biographical blurb and dustjacket description.
  13. ^ "Sewanee honors Bush, Meacham".
  14. ^ "Sewanee announces honorary degree recipients". 12 May 2010.
  15. ^ 2010, Becca Gregg, Sentinel Reporter, May 23,. "Dickinson College sends graduates into the world". {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Honorary Degrees - Commencement - Loyola University New Orleans". www.loyno.edu.
  17. ^ "Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham to address Loyola's centennial class - Loyola University New Orleans". www.loyno.edu.
  18. ^ "2017: Honorary degrees - Commencement News".
  19. ^ "Jon Meacham to Give Middlebury College Commencement Address". 5 April 2017.
  20. ^ "Board of Trustees Approves Honorary Degree for Pulitzer Prize Writer Meacham". 30 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Pulitzer Winner, Congresswoman to Address Class of 2018".

Sources

The Legacy of The George H.W. Bush Administration, interview by, Weisberg, Jacob M. February 17, 2016, transcript.

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