Background
Chernow, Ron was born on March 3, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Israel and Ruth (Goldspinner) Chernow.
( Published to critical acclaim twenty years ago, and now...)
Published to critical acclaim twenty years ago, and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about American finance. It is a rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned, ones that would transform the modern financial world. Tracing the trajectory of J. P. Morgan’s empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial crisis of 1987, acclaimed author Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the family’s private saga and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moveda world that included Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, and Winston Churchill. A masterpiece of financial historyit was awarded the 1990 National Book Award for Nonfiction and selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth CenturyThe House of Morgan is a compelling account of a remarkable institution and the men who ran it, and an essential book for understanding the money and power behind the major historical events of the last 150 years.
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Chernow, Ron was born on March 3, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Israel and Ruth (Goldspinner) Chernow.
Bachelor in English, summa cum laude, Yale University, New Haven, 1970. Master of Arts in English, Cambridge University, England, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Marymount Manhattan College, 2005.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hamilton College, Clinton. New York, 2005; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Long Island University, 2009.
Free-lance writer, New York City, 1973-1982; program officer for finance policy studies, The Twentieth Century Fund, New York City, 1983-1986; writer, essayist, lecturer, book reviewer, New York City, since 1988; occasional columnist, The Wall St. Journal, 1990-1991; commentator, National Public Radio, since 1994.
(National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the ...)
( Published to critical acclaim twenty years ago, and now...)
(good book about Alezander Hamilton)
Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center (trustee 1997—2003, vice president 2000-2003, president 2006-2007, member executive committee 2007-2010), Society of America Historians, Organization American Historians, Authors Guild, Century Association, Nature Conservancy, New York History Society, Alexander Hamilton History Society (member advisory board), Wildlife Conservation Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Valerie Stearn, August 22, 1979 (deceased January 2006).