Background
Rovere, Richard Halworth was born on May 5, 1915 in Jersey City. Son of Louis Halworth and Ethel Josephine (Roberts) Rovere.
Rovere, Richard Halworth was born on May 5, 1915 in Jersey City. Son of Louis Halworth and Ethel Josephine (Roberts) Rovere.
Bachelor of Arts, Bard College, 1937. Litt Doctor of Letters, Bard College, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters, Grinnell College, 1967.
Honorary degree, Haverford College, 1975.
Associate editor New Masses, 1938-1939. Assistant editor The Nation, 1940-1943. Editor Common Sense, 1943-1944.
Staff writer The New Yorker, 1944-1979. United States correspondent Spectator, London, 1954-1962. Contributing editor Harper’s, 1949-1954, book critic, 1949-1950.
Chubb fellow Yale, 1951, lecturer history, fellow Ezra Stiles College, 1972-1973. Visiting Professor of English, Vassar College, 1975-1976. Associate in American civilization Columbia, 1957-1959.
Trustee Bard College, 1956-1961.
Associate editor New Masses, 1938-1939. Assistant editor The Nation, 1940-1943. Editor Common Sense, 1943-1944.
Staff writer The New Yorker, 1944-1979. United States correspondent Spectator, London, 1954-1962. Contributing editor Harper’s, 1949-1954, book critic, 1949-1950.
Chubb fellow Yale, 1951, lecturer history, fellow Ezra Stiles College, 1972-1973. Visiting Professor of English, Vassar College, 1975-1976. Associate in American civilization Columbia, 1957-1959.
Trustee Bard College, 1956-1961.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Council on Foreign Relations. Clubs: Century Association.
Married Eleanor Alice Burgess, December 20, 1941. Children: Ann Megan, Richard Mark, Elizabeth.