Charles Strum
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Charles Strum was born in 1948 and is a graduate of Dickinson College
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
, where he was a history and political Science double-major. After working at Newsday
, he joined The New York Times
in 1979. He first oversaw the Public Lives column and held several roles on the Metro desk, including New Jersey
bureau chief, and performed adjunct editing work on several other desks, including the Foreign desk, where he edited coverage of South Africa
's first free elections. In 2001, he was named Obituaries Editor of the paper. In 2006, he was given the title of Associate Managing Editor.
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough...
, where he was a history and political Science double-major. After working at Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
, he joined The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
in 1979. He first oversaw the Public Lives column and held several roles on the Metro desk, including New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
bureau chief, and performed adjunct editing work on several other desks, including the Foreign desk, where he edited coverage of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
's first free elections. In 2001, he was named Obituaries Editor of the paper. In 2006, he was given the title of Associate Managing Editor.