AKA Robert LeRoy Bartley

Born: 12-Oct-1937
Birthplace: Marshall, MN [1]
Died: 10-Dec-2003
Location of death: Manhattan, NY [2]
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Editor, Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003

[2] Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, NY.

Father: Theodore Bartley (veternarian)
Mother: Iva Mae Radach (homemaker)
Brother: Dale Bartley
Sister: Phyllis Sutter
Wife: Edith Lillie Bartley (three daughters)
Daughter: Elizabeth Bartley
Daughter: Susan Bartley
Daughter: Katherine Bartley

    University: BA Journalism, Iowa State University
    University: MA Political Science, University of Wisconsin

    Dow Jones VP (1983-2002)
    The Wall Street Journal Editor emeritus (2003)
    The Wall Street Journal Editor (1979-2002)
    The Wall Street Journal Columnist, "Thinking Things Over"
    The Wall Street Journal Editor, editorial page (1972-2002)
    The Wall Street Journal Staff, editorial page (1964-72)
    The Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter, Chicago and Philadelphia bureaux (1962-64)
    Bilderberg Group
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Mont Pelerin Society
    Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing 1980
    Overseas Press Club Award
    Presidential Medal of Freedom Dec-2003

Author of books:
The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again (1992, economics)

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