Lawrence E. Spivak
Lawrence Edmund Spivak was an American publisher and journalist who was best known as the cofounder, producer and host of the prestigious public affairs program Meet the Press. He and journalist Martha Rountree founded the program as promotion for Spivaks magazine, The American Mercury, and it became the longestrunning continuous network series in television history. During hisyears as panelist and moderator of Meet the Press, Spivak was known for his pointed questioning of policy makers.
Lawrence E. Spivak was born June 11, 1900, in New York City. In 1921 he graduated cum laude from Harvard University and began his career in publishing as business manager for Antiques magazine. He married psychologist Charlotte Beir Ring in 1924, and together they had two children. From 1930 to 1933 Spivak worked for Hunting and Fishing and National Sportsman magazines, as circulation director and assistant to the publisher.
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