George Kirstein was publisher and principal owner of The Nation magazine from 1955 to 1965.
12 Facts About George Kirstein
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George G Kirstein was born on December 10,1909, Boston.
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George Kirstein attended the Berkshire School, a private boarding school in Sheffield, Massachusetts and graduated in 1929.
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George Kirstein then worked at Bloomingdale's from 1938 to 1941.
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George Kirstein served as a lieutenant in the US Navy, stationed in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1945.
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George Kirstein worked five years as a management labor-consultant, then became executive vice president of the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York from 1950 to 1955.
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George Kirstein then bought and published The Nation from 1955 to 1965.
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George Kirstein headed the Mamaroneck Historical Society from 1965 until his retirement in 1971.
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George Kirstein was a trustee of Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
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George Kirstein was a member of the New York Foundation.
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George Kirstein was married to Elinor Ferry, a member of the Independent-Socialist Party and lifelong support of Alger Hiss.
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George Kirstein died from a heart attack at his home in Mamaroneck, New York, aged 76.