| Walter Isaacson  AKA Walter Seff Isaacson
Born: 20-May-1952
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Former Managing Editor for Time Starting in December 1995, managing editor for Time magazine, and in July 2001 appointed as Chairman and CEO of CNN cable network. Author of Kissinger: A Biography, and Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. Father: Irwin Isaacson
Mother: Betsy Seff
Wife: Cathy Wright (m. 15-Sep-1984)
Daughter: Elizabeth Carter Isaacson
University: Deep Springs College
University: BA, Harvard University (1974)
University: MA, Oxford University (1976)
Administrator: Tulane University
Aspen Institute President and CEO (2003-)
CNN CEO (2001-03)
Time (1978-2001)
The New Orleans Times-Picayune Reporter, Columnist
The Sunday Times of London
Member of the Board of Readers Digest Association (2003-)
Member of the Board of UAL Corporation (2006-)
Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East
Council on Foreign Relations
National Constitution Center Board of Trustees
Science Debate 2008
Trilateral Commission
Rhodes Scholarship
Funeral: Henry Grunwald (2005) Eulogist
Author of books:
Pro and Con (1983, politics)
The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made: Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy (1986, biography)
Kissinger: A Biography (1992, biography)
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003, biography)
Einstein: His Life and Universe (2008, biography)
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane (2009, biography)
Steve Jobs (2011, biography)
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014, technology)
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