Christopher Rand

Background

Rand, Christopher was born on February 14, 1912 in New York City. Son of William Blanchard and Ellen (Emmet) Rand.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1934.

Career

Editor, Coast magazine, San Francisco, 1937-1939. Editorial writer San Francisco Chronicle, 1939-1942. With Office of War Information, 1942-1946.

Correspondent New York Herald Tribune, 1946-1951.

Writer New Yorker magazine, since 1951. Nieman fellow Harvard, 1948-1949.

Author: Hong Kong, 1952. A Nostalgia for Camels, 1957.

The Puerto Ricans, 1958.

Grecian Calendar, 1962. Christmas in Bethlehem, 1963. Cambridge United States of America, 1964.

Mountains and Water, 1965.

Los Angeles, 1967; The Changing Landscape - Salisbury, Connecticut, 1968. Home: Salisbury Connecticut.

Achievements

• Christopher Rand has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Children: Christopher T., Mary, Richard A., Peter, Diana.

Father:

William Blanchard Rand

Mother:

Ellen (Emmet) Rand

child:

Peter Rand

child:

Mary Rand

child:

Christopher T. Rand

child:

Diana Rand

child:

Richard A. Rand