David Wallechinsky was born on David Wallace, February 5,1948 and is an American popular historian and television commentator, the president of the International Society of Olympic Historians and the founder and editor-in-chief of AllGov.
12 Facts About David Wallechinsky
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David Wallechinsky was educated at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, graduating in 1965.
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In 1973, David Wallechinsky grew dismayed with almanacs that, in his opinion, rehashed bare facts.
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David Wallechinsky began developing an idea for a reference book to be read for pleasure, that would include lesser-known history.
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David Wallechinsky worked on the book for a year, before being joined by his father for an additional year of research.
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One of the most popular chapters was a selection of lists, leading David Wallechinsky to write The Book of Lists, which became an international best-seller.
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In 1960, David Wallechinsky's father took him to the Rome Olympic Games.
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In 1985, David Wallechinsky followed the book previously co-authored with Medved with a sequel, going back to his high school graduation year contemporaries and solely writing a similar retrospective Midterm Report: The Class of '65: Chronicles of an American Generation about pupils from across America who left high school in that year.
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David Wallechinsky interviewed twenty-eight of those 1965 graduates including President Jimmy Carter's son Jack, and Rhode Island's then-congressional Representative Claudine Schneider.
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David Wallechinsky served as treasurer of the organization from 1996 to 2004, vice-president from 2004 to 2012, then served as the organization's president.
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David Wallechinsky has compiled the list of "The World's 10 Worst Dictators" for Parade magazine for a number of years.
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David Wallechinsky is a vegetarian and is married to Flora Chavez.