David A. Vise Explained

David A. Vise
Birth Name:David A. Vise
Birth Date:16 June 1960
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupation:Journalist
Awards:Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

David A. Vise (born June 16, 1960), is a journalist and author. He is a Senior Advisor to New Mountain Capital, a New York–based investment firm, and Executive Director of Modern States “Freshman Year for Free,” a philanthropy whose goal is to make college more accessible and affordable.[1] [2] [3]

He won a Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers in 1990 while working as a business reporter for The Washington Post.[4] [5] [6]

He has authored or co-authored four books, including The Bureau and the Mole (2002), about FBI agent and convicted spy Robert Hanssen, and The Google Story (2005), a national bestseller published in more than two dozen languages.[7] [8] [9]

Vise received an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds an honorary Doctorate of Literary Letters from Cumberland University and studied at the London School of Economics.[10] Wharton named him to a list of 125 influential alumni on its 125th anniversary.[11] In 2009, Vise received The Joseph Wharton Award for career achievement and community service.[12]

A past president of Washington Hebrew Congregation, Vise is a board member of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, where he focuses on interfaith relations.[13] Vise was a member of the first WUPJ delegation to meet with the Vatican.

Personal life

Vise, a first-generation American whose parents Harry and Doris Vise escaped Nazi Germany, is married to Lori Vise, a consultant with The College Consulting Collaborative who focuses on college planning for students with learning differences.[14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Singletary. Michelle. Perspective Making a dent in student debt with 'Freshman Year for Free'. en-US. Washington Post. 2020-09-14. 0190-8286.
  2. Web site: Vise – New Mountain Capital. 2020-09-14. en-US.
  3. Web site: Who We Are. 2020-09-14. Modern States. en.
  4. Web site: Historical Winners List. January 31, 2019. UCLA Anderson School of Management.
  5. News: May 22, 1990. Two Times business section reporters win Loeb Award. D2. Los Angeles Times. 0458-3035.
  6. Web site: 1990 Pulizer Prizes, Journalism.
  7. Web site: The Bureau and the Mole. Washingtonpost.com: Live Online. 2020-09-14. www.washingtonpost.com.
  8. Web site: shapiroconsult. The Google Story, THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER — in a Newly Updated Edition for Google's 20th Anniversary!. 2020-09-14. The Google Story. en-US.
  9. Web site: OpenLibrary.org. David A. Vise. 2020-09-14. Open Library. en.
  10. Web site: David A. Vise Speakers Bureau and Booking Agent Info. 2020-09-14. www.allamericanspeakers.com.
  11. Web site: 2008-02-05. Wharton Alumni Magazine: 125 Influential People and Ideas: David A. Vise. 2020-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080205063534/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/alum_mag/issues/125anniversaryissue/vise.html. 2008-02-05.
  12. Web site: 40th Annual Wharton Award Dinner Honors Susan Small Savitsky, David Vise, Pradeep Wahi 10/29. 2020-09-14. www.whartondc.com.
  13. Web site: 2016-12-29. David Vise. 2020-09-14. The Montgomery Fellows. en.
  14. Web site: Tamburin. Adam. Harry Vise, TN businessman and Holocaust survivor, dies at 94. 2022-01-22. The Tennessean. en-US.
  15. Web site: Alund. Natalie Neysa. Doris Vise, wife of local business leader the late Harry Vise, dies at 90. 2022-01-22. The Tennessean. en-US.

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