Background
Robert W. Merry was born on March 5, 1946 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, in the family of Robert Ellsworth and Carol Beatrice (Rasmussen) Merry.
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Robert W. Merry was born on March 5, 1946 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, in the family of Robert Ellsworth and Carol Beatrice (Rasmussen) Merry.
Robert graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1968 and earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1972.
Merry started his career as a reporter for The Denver Post and became a Washington-based political reporter in 1974 when he joined the staff of the National Observer, a Dow Jones weekly newspaper. When the Observer folded in 1977, he became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and spent twelve years there covering Congress, national politics, and the White House, among other beats. In 1987 Merry became managing editor of Congressional Quarterly. He was promoted to Executive Editor in 1990 and became President and Editor-in-Chief in 1997. He held that position for 12 years and led CQ into the digital age. CQ was sold to The Economist of London, and Merry subsequently became editor of The National Interest and later The American Conservative.
On September 20, 1969 Robert married Susan DianePennington, and they gave birth to three children: Robert Ellsworth II, Johanna Lynn, and Stephanie Annual.
