| Lawrence Van Gelder | |
| Birth Name: | Lawrence Ralph Van Gelder |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1933 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University |
| Occupation: | Editor, reporter, instructor in journalism |
| Relatives: | Richard Van Gelder (brother) Gordon Van Gelder (nephew) Leslie Van Gelder (niece) Russell Van Gelder (nephew) |
Lawrence Ralph Van Gelder (February 17, 1933 – March 11, 2016) was an American journalist and instructor in journalism who worked at several different New York City-based newspapers in his long career. Until 2010, he was senior editor of the Arts and Leisure weekly section of The New York Times, as well as a film critic.[1] Among the newspapers for which Van Gelder worked were the New York Daily Mirror, the New York Daily News, the New York World-Telegram and Sun and the World-Journal-Tribune.
Biologist Richard Van Gelder was his brother and Gordon Van Gelder, the editor and publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, a nephew. Van Gelder graduated from Columbia University in 1953[2] (Columbia College (New York) and Columbia Law School). He began working at the Times in May 1967.
Lawrence Van Gelder died of leiomyosarcoma on March 11, 2016, aged 83.[3]