- Robert L. Bartley
Robert Leroy Bartley (October 12, 1937 - December 10, 2003) was the editor of the opinion page of "
The Wall Street Journal " for more than 30 years. He won aPulitzer Prize for opinion writing and received thePresidential Medal of Freedom in 2003.Personal
Bartley was the son of a professor of veterinary medicine. He was born in
Marshall, Minnesota and grew up inAmes, Iowa . [ [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004408 "Robert L. Bartley: The Wall Street Journal's editor emeritus dies at 66"] , "Wall Street Journal", December 10, 2003] Bartley received a bachelor's degree in journalism fromIowa State University and a master's degree in political science from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison . He and his wife Edith had three daughters.Professional
Bartley started at the Journal in 1962. After working as a staff reporter in the Chicago and Philadelphia bureaus, he became part of the editorial page staff in 1964. In 1972, he became editor of the editorial page, and in 1979 the editor of the Journal. In 1980, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. [Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2092439/ "Robert L. Bartley (1937-2003)"] , "Slate" magazine, December 12, 2003] In 1982, John Tebbel, professor emeritus of journalism at
New York University , called Bartley "the most influential editorial writer of my time." [Robert D. Novak, [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/073tvfpw.asp "Who Is Robert Bartley?"] , "Weekly Standard", January 13, 2003]In 1983, Bartley was named a
vice president of theDow Jones & Company , the company that owned the Journal.Bartley was the author of "The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again," published in 1992, a book on the economic policy of the Reagan administration. [ [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/bio.html Robert L. Barkeley] , "Wall Street Journal", accessed August 9, 2007]
In December 2002, Bartley stepped down as editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page. In December 2003, a week before Bartley died of cancer,
President George W. Bush announced that Bartley was being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor. [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031203-5.html "Statement on Robert L. Bartley"] , White House press release, December 3, 2003]References
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