Peter R. Kann

Peter R. Kann (born 1942, in Princeton, New Jersey) is a journalist, editor, and businessman. He covered the Vietnam War for "The Wall Street Journal" and also covered other Asian wars. He earned a Pulitzer in 1972 for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War. [Kihss, Peter. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D14F93B591A7493C0A9178ED85F468785F9 "The Times Wins a Pulitzer For the Pentagon Papers; THE TIMES WINS PULITZER AWARD"] , "The New York Times", May 2, 1972. Accessed August 18, 2008.] In 1976 he became the first editor and publisher of "The Wall Street Journal Asia". He returned to the United States in 1976 where he rose to become Dow Jones & Company CEO and chairman of the board. He held this position from 1992 until 2006. He is married to Karen Elliott House. [ [http://www.saja.org/housekann.html South Asian Journalist Association profile] ] He is also a Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study [ [http://www.ias.edu/about/trustees/ IAS Trustee page] ] and a Trustee Emeritus of the Asia Society. [ [http://www.asiasociety.org/about/officers.html Asia Society page] ]

Awards

*1972 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

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