Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist and biographer.
17 Facts About Ron Chernow
2.
Ron Chernow won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his 2010 book Washington: A Life.
3.
Ron Chernow is the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his 1990 book The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance.
4.
Ronald Chernow was born on March 2,1949, in Brooklyn, New York.
5.
Ron Chernow's father Israel was the owner of a discount store and creator of a stock brokerage firm; his mother Ruth was a bookkeeper.
6.
Ron Chernow is brother to Bart Chernow and uncle to Shandee Chernow.
7.
Ron Chernow began but did not finish a PhD program.
8.
Ron Chernow married Valerie Stearn in 1979; she died in January 2006.
9.
Valerie S Chernow was an assistant professor of languages and social sciences at the New York City College of Technology.
10.
Ron Chernow has received honorary degrees from Long Island University, Marymount Manhattan College, Hamilton College, Washington College, and Skidmore College.
11.
Ron Chernow wrote more than 60 articles in national newspapers and magazines from 1973 to 1982.
12.
Ron Chernow has provided commentary on business, politics, and finance on national radio and television shows, while appearing as an expert in documentary films.
13.
In 1993, Ron Chernow published The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family, which is an account of the Warburg family, who immigrated to the US from Germany in 1938.
14.
In 1998, Chernow published the 774-page Titan: The Life of John D Rockefeller, Sr.
15.
The book reflected Ron Chernow's continued interest in financial history, especially when shaped by compelling and influential individuals.
16.
In 2011, Chernow signed a deal to write a comprehensive biography on Ulysses S Grant.
17.
In 1990, Ron Chernow became a member of the PEN American Center.