13 Facts About Warren Boroson

Warren Gilbert Boroson was an American author and journalist.

Warren Boroson began his career in print journalism, and was best known as managing editor of Fact in 1964, when the magazine ran a controversial survey of psychiatrists on presidential candidate Barry Goldwater's mental fitness for office, which led to a lawsuit and revised ethical guidelines against psychiatric professionals diagnosing individuals they had not personally evaluated.

Warren Boroson subsequently worked as an educator and writer of books about business and personal finance.

Warren Boroson attended Columbia University, where he intended to pursue education, though he eventually majored in English and decided to pursue a career in journalism.

In 1964, Boroson was managing editor of Fact Magazine, which was sued by Barry Goldwater for articles it published questioning Goldwater's psychological fitness to be president.

Warren Boroson has stated that David Bar-Illan was the creator of the article that helped lead to the lawsuit, even though his name was not listed originally.

Warren Boroson was formerly on staff at Money magazine and at Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance Magazine.

Warren Boroson had articles published in the New York Times Magazine, Woman's Day, TV Guide, Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, Consumer Reports, Family Circle, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Warren Boroson taught music courses at the Bard LLI, Marist, and SUNY.

Warren Boroson taught at the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey, and at The New School, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Ramapo College, and Rutgers University.

Warren Boroson won third place in the 2009 New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists contest for sports articles in a weekly, and first place for feature articles.

Warren Boroson won a second and a third place in 2013.

Warren Boroson died at his home on March 12,2023, at the age of 88, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and various heart problems.