John R MacArthur Bio | Wiki
John R MacArthur ( Full name: John Rick MacArthur) is an American journalist and author. He currently serves as the president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine. Also, John writes a monthly column, in French, for Le Devoir on a wide range of topics such as politics and culture. He is a regular contributor to the Spectator (U.K.), the Toronto Star, Le Monde Diplomatique, and Le Monde.
Most of his books of books has covered US politics. John’s father J. Roderick MacArthur was disinherited by his father John D. MacArthur ( John’s grandfather) although J. Roderick served on the board of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation until his death in 1984. J. Roderick persuaded the foundation to partner in creating and funding a Harper’s Magazine Foundation in 1980 so as to acquire and operate the magazine of the same name.
This new entity acquired Harper’s Magazine for $250,000 (which was then losing almost $2 million per year and was on the verge of ceasing publication). In 1983, J. Roderick became the president and the publisher of Harper’s Magazine. He then received the Baltimore Sun’s H.L. Mencken Writing Award in 1993 for best editorial/op-ed column for his New York Times exposé of “Nayirah.” The latter was the Kuwaiti diplomat’s daughter who helped fake the Iraqi baby-incubator atrocity.
John R MacArthur Age
He was born on June 4, 1956, in New York City, New York, United States of America. John is 66 years old.
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John R MacArthur Height
He is a man of above-average stature. John stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in ( Approx 1.75m).
John R MacArthur Family
He was born to his father J. Roderick MacArthur and his mother Christiane L’Étendart. Christiane was a French-born. He is the grandson of billionaire John D. MacArthur. John was raised in Winnetka, Illinois.
John R MacArthur Wife
He is married to a beautiful woman and the couple shares two adorable daughters. John and his family reside in New York City. John has become famous for his skeptical stance on the internet, all things technological, and insistence on print publishing.
John R MacArthur Education
He attended and graduated from North Shore Country Day School in 1974. From there, John proceeded to join Columbia University where he studied and earned a B.A. in history in 1978. He was named a chevalier in the French order of arts and letters in 2017.
John R MacArthur WSJ
He served as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in 1977. In 1978, John worked for the Washington Star. From 1978 to 1979, he worked for The Bergen Record. Also, John worked for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1979 to 1982. In 1982, he was an assistant foreign editor at United Press International.
Currently, John serves on the board of The Author’s Guild and the Death Penalty Information Center. In 2009, he received the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement. In addition to all that, John writes a monthly column, in French, for Le Devoir on a wide range of topics such as politics and culture.
John R MacArthur Books
– Graham Greene: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. Nonfiction.
(Published in September 2019 by Melville House. Editor and author of introduction)
– Second front: censorship and propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War.
(Published in 1992 by Hill and Wang)
– The Selling of “Free Trade”: Nafta, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy.
(Published in 2000 by Hill and Wang).
– Second front: censorship and propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War
( Second edition was published in 2004 by the University of California Press. Originally published in1992.
– You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America
(Published in 2008 by Melville House Publishing).
– L’Illusion Obama. Published in France (Éditions des Arènes, 2012) and in Canada (Lux Éditeur, 2012).
– “The human factor: how I learned the real meaning of dissent”. Memoir. Harper’s Magazine. 336 (2012): 63–68. January 2018.
John R MacArthur Salary
He currently serves as the president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine. John earns an average salary of $117,584 per year.
John R MacArthur Net Worth
He is an American journalist and author who has accumulated an estimated net worth of $3,583,913
How Old Is John R MacArthur
John is 66 years old. He was born on June 4, 1956, in New York City, New York, United States of America.
Who Is John R MacArthur
John is an American journalist and author. He is the president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine. John serves as the writer of a monthly column, in French, for Le Devoir on a wide range of topics such as politics and culture. Also, he works as a regular contributor to the Spectator (U.K.), the Toronto Star, Le Monde Diplomatique, and Le Monde.
Is John R MacArthur Married
Yes. John resides in New York City with his wife and their two adorable daughters.