Background
Tamarkin, Robert Allen was born on November 5, 1937 in St. Louis.
Tamarkin, Robert Allen was born on November 5, 1937 in St. Louis.
Bachelor of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1961. Bachelor of Journalism, University Missouri, 1963.
Business reporter, Fairchild Publs., Chicago, 1963-1966;
financial writer, stock market columnist, Chicago Daily News, 1966-1968;
investigative reporter, Chicago Daily News, 1973-1974;
Saigon (South Vietnam) bureau chief, Chicago Daily News, 1975;
Southeast Asia correspondent, bureau chief, Chicago Daily News, Bangkok, Thailand, 1975-1976;
African correspondent, bureau chief, Chicago Daily News, Nairobi, Kenya, 1976-1977;
editor, founder, Generation Magazine, Chicago, 1968-1971;
Midwest bureau chief, senior editor, Forbes Magazine, 1978-1981;
contributing editor, Chicago Indiana Magazine, 1975-1977;
special writer, Wall Street Journal, 1983-1984;
special writer, Crain's Illinois Business, 1983-1986;
editor-in-chief, Intermarket Magazine, since 1987. Special consultant Oyez Literature Review, Chicago. Host radio show Inside Business, National Public Radio, 1982-1983.
Instructor department journalism Columbia College, Chicago, 1983-1985.
Member Authors Guild, Chicago Newspaper Guild, Chicago Council Foreign Relations, Chicago Press Club, Foreign Corrs. Club of Thailand (Bangkok), Sigma Delta Chi.
Son of Marshall Herbert and Dorothy Sylvia (Levy) T. Divorced; children: Michael, Michele, Meridith, Elisa. Married Civia Levin Cohen, January 1976.