Background
Apple, Raymond Walter was born on November 20, 1934 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Raymond Walter and Julia (Albrecht) Apple.
Apple, Raymond Walter was born on November 20, 1934 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Raymond Walter and Julia (Albrecht) Apple.
Student, Princeton University, 1952-1956; AB, Columbia University, 1961; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Denison U., 1989; Doctor of Laws, Knox College, 1993; Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg College, 1995.
Reporter, Wall St. Journal, 1956-1957, 59-61;
writer, correspondent, NBC News, 1961-1963;
member of staff, New York Times, since 1963;
Albany bureau chief, New York Times, 1964-1965;
Vietnam correspondent, New York Times, 1965-1966;
Vietnam bureau chief, New York Times, 1966-1968;
Africa bureau chief, New York Times, 1969;
national political correspondent, New York Times, 1970-1976;
London bureau chief, New York Times, 1977-1980, 81-85;
Moscow bureau chief, New York Times, 1980-1981;
Washington bureau chief, New York Times, 1992-1997;
chief Washington correspondent, New York Times, 1985-1997;
chief correspondent, New York Times, since 1998. Theodore H. White Memorial lecturer Harvard University, 1989, Joe Alex Morris Junior Memorial lecturer, 1993. Herzberg lecturer Columbia University.
Kent Memorial lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1990.
Board visitors Western Reserve Academy. Chairman Rhodes Scholarship Committee, Mid-Atlantic States. With Army of the United States, 1957-1959.
Member American Federation television and Radio Artists, British Academy Gastronomes (board directors), American Institute Wine and Food (board directors), Gridiron Club, Princeton Club, Century Association New York, Army-Navy Club.
Married Betsey Pinckney Brown, July 14, 1982. Stepchildren: Catherine St. George Brown, John PrestonBrown.
