[1] 10 Gracie Square, Manhattan, NY.
Father: Charles Hope Merz (physician)
Mother: Sakie Prout
Wife: Evelyn Scott (m. 1924, until his death, no children)
High School: Sandusky High School, Sandusky, OH
University: BA English and History, Yale University (1915)
The New York Times Editor (1938-61)
The New York Times Editorial Board (1931-38)
The New York World Associate Editor (1924-31)
The New York World Staff Correspondent, Europe and Far East (1921-23)
The New Republic Associate Editor (1920)
The New Republic Washington Correspondent (1916-17)
Harper's Weekly Review Managing Editor (1915-16)
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Author of books:
Centerville, U.S.A. (1924)
The Great American Bandwagon (1928)
The Dry Decade (1931)