Background
Eisendrath, Charles Rice was born on October 9, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Nathan and Erna Sarah (Rice) Eisendrath.
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Eisendrath, Charles Rice was born on October 9, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Nathan and Erna Sarah (Rice) Eisendrath.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1962; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1965.
Reporter Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, 1962, 64, Evening Sun, Baltimore, 1966-1968. Correspondent Time Magazine, Washington, London, Paris, bureau chief Buenos Aires, 1968-1973. Professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1975.
Proprietor Overlook Farm, East Jordan, Michigan, since 1972. Chairman Grillworks, Inc., Ann Arbor, since 1978. Consultant Midland Bank of London, Pfizer, Will Keith Kellogg Foundation.
Board member Pulitzer Prize Jury, 2002—2003, Center Public Integrity, since 2008. Special counselor to provost, since 2007.
Director Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows, since 1986. Founding director Livingston Awards, Ann Arbor, since 1980, Judge Society Publications in Asia Awards, 2005. Judge national barbecue contest, 1994.
President task force journalism Columbia University, 2002-2003. Member Council Foreign Relations, Century Association (New York City), Society Professional Journalists, Committee of Concerned Journalists (founding), Project on the State of the American Newspaper (founding board directors 1998-1900), International Press Institute (chair American committee 2006-2009), Landsdowne Club (London), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Julia Cardozo, January 28, 1967. Children: Benjamin Cardozo, Mark William.