Stuart Loory
Encyclopedia
Stuart Hugh Loory is an American
journalist
and educator.
. He grew up in Dover, New Jersey
, where his parents, Harry & Eve Loory, owned a large furniture store. Along with his younger brother, Melvyn, he attended prep school at Blair Academy
. Loory graduated from Cornell University
in 1954 where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger
society and editor-in-chief of The Cornell Daily Sun
. After three years at the Newark News, he received a Master's degree
in journalism from Columbia University
in 1958, and did postgraduate work in Vienna, Austria.
Starting in 1959, he worked at the New York Herald Tribune
as a reporter, science writer (1961–63), a Washington correspondent (1963–64), and a Moscow-based foreign correspondent (1964–66). He worked briefly as a science writer for The New York Times
in 1966, then as a White House correspondent for Los Angeles Times
(1967–71), earning a place on President Nixon's "Enemies List." Loory was a fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, 1971–72, and in 1973 executive editor for WNBC-TV news. He was the first Kiplinger Professor of Public Affairs Reporting at The Ohio State University, 1973–75. He became associate and, later, managing editor of Chicago Sun-Times
in 1975.
in Columbia, Missouri
. He is currently editor of Global Journalist, a quarterly magazine of interest to journalists in 127 countries and moderator of Global Journalist on KBIA-FM
radio, a National Public Radio affiliate in Columbia, Missouri
. The magazine and program can be read and heard at www.globaljournalist.org. Loory is expected to retire by the summer of 2010.
in 1955. They had three children: Joshua, Adam, and Miriam. Marjorie and Stuart divorced in the early 1990s. In the mid 90s Stuart met Nina Kudriavtsev, while hosting Ted Turner and Jane Fonda in the Czar's Box of the Bolshoi Theater. They were married in the late 90s and now live in Columbia, MO. Nina travels back to Moscow many times a year to visit her family there (from a previous marriage), and to be the artistic director of Benois De La Danse, the international ballet awards. Stuart has 2 grandchildren from his first son Joshua married to Fern Hoppenstand: Matthew and Ilana. From his daughter Miriam married to Daniel Krombach he has: Leah, Joseph "Joe Safari", Benjamin "Bongoman", and Jonathan "Jonny boy". From his second marriage he has 2 grandchildren: Kostya (Constantine) and "Areseni" (Arsenia). Both of his Russian half grandchildren come from two marriages of his step son, Lyoka (Leonid).
United States
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journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and educator.
Early life and career
Loory was born in Wilson, PennsylvaniaWilson, Pennsylvania
Wilson is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, and is adjacent to Easton, the smallest and easternmost of the Lehigh Valley's three cities....
. He grew up in Dover, New Jersey
Dover, New Jersey
Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey on the Rockaway River. Dover is west of New York City and west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the United States Census, 2000, the town's population was 18,188.-Geography:...
, where his parents, Harry & Eve Loory, owned a large furniture store. Along with his younger brother, Melvyn, he attended prep school at Blair Academy
Blair Academy
Blair Academy is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding high school with an enrollment of about 448 students for grades nine through twelve. The school has 78 faculty members...
. Loory graduated from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1954 where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger
Quill and Dagger
Quill and Dagger is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent collegiate societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones of Yale University...
society and editor-in-chief of The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Daily Sun is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University. It is the oldest independent college daily in the United States....
. After three years at the Newark News, he received a Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in journalism from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1958, and did postgraduate work in Vienna, Austria.
Starting in 1959, he worked at the New York Herald Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.Other predecessors, which had earlier merged into the New York Tribune, included the original The New Yorker newsweekly , and the Whig Party's Log Cabin.The paper was home to...
as a reporter, science writer (1961–63), a Washington correspondent (1963–64), and a Moscow-based foreign correspondent (1964–66). He worked briefly as a science writer for 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 1966, then as a White House correspondent for Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
(1967–71), earning a place on President Nixon's "Enemies List." Loory was a fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, 1971–72, and in 1973 executive editor for WNBC-TV news. He was the first Kiplinger Professor of Public Affairs Reporting at The Ohio State University, 1973–75. He became associate and, later, managing editor of Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...
in 1975.
CNN
In 1980 he joined the staff of Turner Broadcasting Systems' Cable News Network (as managing editor of the Washington bureau, 1980–82; Moscow bureau chief, 1983–86; senior correspondent, 1986; executive producer, 1987–90; editor-in-chief of CNN World Report, 1990–91; vice-president of CNN, 1990–95; executive vice-president, Turner International Broadcasting, Russia, 1993–97).Academia
Since 1997, has been the first Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at the University of MissouriUniversity of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
in Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...
. He is currently editor of Global Journalist, a quarterly magazine of interest to journalists in 127 countries and moderator of Global Journalist on KBIA-FM
KBIA
KBIA , is a National Public Radio-member station in Columbia, Missouri. It carries classical music, regional news coverage, locally produced news shows, original talk shows, as well as NPR news programs All Things Considered and Morning Edition.The station is owned by the University of Missouri,...
radio, a National Public Radio affiliate in Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...
. The magazine and program can be read and heard at www.globaljournalist.org. Loory is expected to retire by the summer of 2010.
Books
- The Secret Search for Peace in Vietnam (1968, with David Kraslow)
- Defeated: Inside America's Military Machine (1973)
- Seven Days That Shook the World: The Collapse of Soviet Communism (1991, with Ann Isme)
Family
Loory married Marjorie Dretel of Morristown, New JerseyMorristown, New Jersey
Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 18,411. It is the county seat of Morris County. Morristown became characterized as "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the...
in 1955. They had three children: Joshua, Adam, and Miriam. Marjorie and Stuart divorced in the early 1990s. In the mid 90s Stuart met Nina Kudriavtsev, while hosting Ted Turner and Jane Fonda in the Czar's Box of the Bolshoi Theater. They were married in the late 90s and now live in Columbia, MO. Nina travels back to Moscow many times a year to visit her family there (from a previous marriage), and to be the artistic director of Benois De La Danse, the international ballet awards. Stuart has 2 grandchildren from his first son Joshua married to Fern Hoppenstand: Matthew and Ilana. From his daughter Miriam married to Daniel Krombach he has: Leah, Joseph "Joe Safari", Benjamin "Bongoman", and Jonathan "Jonny boy". From his second marriage he has 2 grandchildren: Kostya (Constantine) and "Areseni" (Arsenia). Both of his Russian half grandchildren come from two marriages of his step son, Lyoka (Leonid).