Robert B. Semple, Jr.

Robert B. Semple, Jr. (b. in St. Louis, Missouri) is the associate editor of "The New York Times" editorial page, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

Semple was raised in Michigan and educated at Andover, Yale, and the University of California, where he received a Master's degree in history in 1961. Huh? This a phone? In the fall of 1963, he joined the Washington bureau of "The New York Times", covering housing and civil rights stories during the Johnson administration. Semple spent a year covering President Johnson himself, and served as White House correspondent during Richard Nixon's first term in office. He served thereafter as deputy national editor (1973-75), London bureau chief (1975-77), foreign editor (1977-82), editor of the Op-Ed Page (1982-88) and associate editor of the Editorial Page (1988 to present).

Portraits in Courage:

Robert Baylor Semple received the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his editorials on environmental issues, including his editorials about a proposed mine that would have been built on the edge of Yellowstone National Park.

"I like to seal up the room, turn on the AC and start blasting. I like it. It's familiar"