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Walter Isaacson
Birth Name:Walter Seff Isaacson
Birth Date:20 May 1952
Birth Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Spouse:[1]
Children:1
Education:Harvard University (AB)
Pembroke College, Oxford (BA)
Awards:Benjamin Franklin Medal (2013)
Nichols-Chancellor's Medal (2015)
National Humanities Medal (2023)
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Office:Chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
President:Barack Obama
Term Start:July 2, 2010
Term End:January 27, 2012
Predecessor:James K. Glassman
Successor:Jeff Shell

Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American historian and journalist best known for having written biographies of important public figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk. As of 2024, Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and, since 2018, an interviewer for the PBS and CNN news show Amanpour & Company.[2]

He has been the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time.

Isaacson attended Harvard University and Pembroke College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He is the co-author with Evan Thomas of (1986) and the author of Pro and Con (1983), (1992), (2003), (2007), American Sketches (2009), Steve Jobs (2011), The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014), Leonardo da Vinci (2017), The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021) and Elon Musk (2023).

Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, a New York City-based financial services firm. He was vice chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, which oversaw the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, chaired the government board that runs Voice of America, and was a member of the Defense Innovation Board.

Early life and education

Walter Seff Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952,[3] [4] in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Betty "Betsy" Lee (née Seff) and Irwin Isaacson.[5] [6] [7] His father was an electrical and mechanical engineer, and his mother was a real estate broker.[5] He attended New Orleans' Isidore Newman School, where he was student body president. He also attended the Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) at Deep Springs College.

Isaacson studied at Harvard University, where he majored in history and literature and graduated in 1974. At Harvard, Isaacson was the president of the Signet Society, a member of the Harvard Lampoon, and a resident of Lowell House. He later attended Pembroke College, Oxford, as a Rhodes scholar, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) and graduated with first-class honours.[1] [3]

Career

Media

Isaacson began his career in journalism at The Sunday Times in London, followed by a position with the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He joined Time magazine in 1978, serving as the magazine's political correspondent, national editor, and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's 14th editor in 1996.[8] [9]

Isaacson became chairman and CEO of CNN in July 2001, replacing Tom Johnson, and only two months later, guided CNN through the events of 9/11.[10] [11] Shortly after his appointment at CNN, Isaacson attracted attention for seeking the views of Republican Party leaders on Capitol Hill regarding criticisms that CNN broadcast content that was unfair to Republicans or conservatives. He was quoted in Roll Call magazine as saying: "I was trying to reach out to a lot of Republicans who feel that CNN has not been as open to covering Republicans, and I wanted to hear their concerns." The CEO's conduct was criticized by the Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) organization, which said that Isaacson's "pandering" behavior was endowing conservative politicians with power over CNN.[12] [13]

In January 2003, he announced that he would step down as president of CNN to become president of the Aspen Institute.[11] Jim Walton replaced Isaacson as president of CNN.[10]

Isaacson served as the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute from 2003 until 2018, when he announced that he would step down to become a professor of history at Tulane University and an advisory partner at the New York City financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners.[14] In November 2017, the Aspen Institute named Dan Porterfield, the president of Franklin & Marshall College, as Isaacson's successor.[15]

In March 2017, Isaacson launched a podcast with Dell Technologies called Trailblazers, which focuses on technology's effects on business.[16] In 2018, Isaacson was named as a contributor for the Amanpour & Company airing on PBS and CNN that replaced The Charlie Rose Show.[17]

Writing

Isaacson is the author of multiple published books, including (1992), (2003), (2007) and American Sketches (2009). He additionally co-authored with Evan Thomas the work The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).[1] [18]

On October 24, 2011, Steve Jobs, Isaacson's authorized biography of Apple Inc.'s Jobs, was published by Simon & Schuster, only a few weeks after Jobs's death. It became an international best-seller, breaking all records for sales of a biography. The book was based on over forty interviews with Jobs over a two-year period up until shortly before his death, and on conversations with friends, family members, and business rivals of the entrepreneur.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

In October 2014, Isaacson published The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, which explores the history of the key technological innovations that were prominent in the digital revolution, most notably the parallel developments of the computer and the Internet. It became a New York Times bestseller.[24] Writing for the New York Times, Janet Maslin described the author as "a kindred spirit to the visionaries and enthusiasts" whom Isaacson wrote about.[25]

He is the editor of Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness (2010, W. W. Norton).[3] [26]

His eponymous biography of Leonardo da Vinci was published on October 17, 2017, to positive reviews from critics.[27] [28] In August 2017, Paramount Pictures won a bidding war against Universal Pictures for the rights to adapt Isaacson's biography of da Vinci. The studio bought the rights under its deal with Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions, which said that it planned to produce the film with DiCaprio as the star.[29] Screenwriter John Logan (The Aviator, Gladiator) has been tapped to pen the script.[30]

His book was published in March 2021 by Simon & Schuster. It is a biography of Jennifer Doudna, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR system of gene editing.[31] The book debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending March 13, 2021.[32] Publishers Weekly called it a "gripping account of a great scientific advancement and of the dedicated scientists who realized it."[33]

Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk was published by Simon & Schuster on September 12, 2023. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.[34]

Government

In October 2005, the Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, appointed Isaacson vice chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, a board that oversaw spending on the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. In December 2007, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to the chairman of the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership, which seeks to create economic and educational opportunities in the Palestinian territories.[35] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed him vice-chair of the Partners for a New Beginning, which encourages private-sector investments and partnerships in the Muslim world.[36]

He also served as the co-chair of the U.S.-Vietnamese Dialogue on Agent Orange, which in January 2008 announced completion of a project to contain the dioxin left behind by the U.S. at the Da Nang air base and plans to build health centers and a dioxin laboratory in the affected regions.[37]

In 2008, he was appointed to be a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health. In 2009, he was appointed by President Obama to be chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which runs Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and the other international broadcasts of the U.S. government; he served until January 2012.[38]

In 2014, he was appointed by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to be the co-chair of the New Orleans Tricentennial Commission, which planned the city's 300th-anniversary commemoration in 2018.[39] In 2015, he was appointed to the board of My Brother's Keeper Alliance, which seeks to carry out President Obama's anti-poverty and youth opportunity initiatives.[40] In 2016, he was appointed by Landrieu and confirmed by the City Council to be a member of the New Orleans City Planning Commission.[41] He is a member of the U.S. Department of Defense Innovation Advisory Board. In 2018, he was appointed by New Orleans mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell to be co-chair of her transition team.

Positions

Isaacson is an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg, a financial services firm. He is the chairman emeritus of the board of Teach for America and is on the boards of United Airlines, Halliburton Labs, The New Orleans Advocate/Times-Picayune, New Schools New Orleans, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Institution for Science and the Society of American Historians, of which he served as president in 2012.[42]

In March 2019, Isaacson became the editor-at-large and senior adviser for Arcadia Publishing, where he was to promote books for the company as well as be involved in editing, new strategy development, and partnerships.[43]

Isaacson is an Associate of the History of Science Department and a member of the Lowell House Senior Common Room at Harvard University. He is also an honorary fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Walter Isaacson is a special professor of history at Tulane University.[44] [45] He teaches the course "The Digital Revolution" every spring and the course "Law and U.S. History" every fall. His courses often feature prominent guest speakers such as author Michael Lewis, Kickstarter founder Perry Chen, and billionaire businessman James Coulter. At Tulane, Isaacson co-chairs the annual New Orleans Book Festival.[46] [47]

Honors

In 2023, Isaacson received the National Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden. The White House citation of Isaacson's award emphasizes that his "work, words, and wisdom bridge divides between science and the humanities and between opposing philosophies, elevating discourse and our understanding of who we are as a Nation".[48]

Isaacson's book Steve Jobs, about the life of the entrepreneur, earned Isaacson the 2012 Gerald Loeb Award.[49]

In 2012, he was selected as one of the Time 100, the magazine's list of the most influential people in the world.[50] Isaacson is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was awarded its 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal.[51] He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society[52] and an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

In 2014, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Isaacson for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. The title of Isaacson's lecture was "The Intersection of the Humanities and the Sciences".[53]

He has honorary degrees from Tufts University, Cooper Union, William & Mary, Franklin University Switzerland, University of New Orleans, University of South Carolina, City University of New York (Hunter College), Pomona College, Lehigh University, Duke University, and Colorado Mountain College, where the Isaacson School of Media and Communications is named after him.[54] [55] He was the 2015 recipient of The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal at Vanderbilt University.[56]

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Notes and References

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  5. Web site: Skinner. David. Awards & Honors: 2014 Jefferson Lecturer: Walter Isaacson. National Endowment for the Humanities. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140516164627/https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/walter-isaacson-biography. 16 May 2014.
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  8. Web site: Q&A with Walter S. Isaacson . William C. Skinner . 4 May 2016 . . 5 July 2016. live. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918193806/http://www.thecrimson.com:80/article/2016/5/4/walter-isaacson/.
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  11. News: CNN: Head of news network to step down . The Chicago Tribune . January 14, 2003 . March 17, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319023056/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-14-0301140255-story.html. 19 March 2020. live.
  12. Web site: Eason Jordan. New CNN Chief Trying to Please GOP Elite. FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting). Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. 18 January 2015. 15 August 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20121208154413/https://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/new-cnn-chief-trying-to-please-gop-elite/. 8 December 2012. live.
  13. News: Associated Press. New CNN chairman meets with GOP critics. 18 January 2015. USA Today. 6 August 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085627/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-08-06-cnn.htm. 18 January 2015. live.
  14. News: Michael. Neibauer. Walter Isaacson leaving the Aspen Institute. 15 March 2017. Washington Business Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20170315160000/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/03/15/walter-isaacson-leaving-the-aspen-institute.html. 15 March 2017. live.
  15. News: Aspen Institute names Dan Porterfield, president of Franklin and Marshall College, as its new leader. Thompson. Krissah. 2017-11-30. Washington Post. 2017-12-15. en-US. 0190-8286. May 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508225101/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/11/30/aspen-institute/. live.
  16. News: Johnson. Lauren. 15 March 2017. Adweek. Walter Isaacson Is Getting Into Podcasting With a Series About Technology. 2017-07-01. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20170315145859/http://www.adweek.com/digital/walter-isaacson-is-getting-into-podcasting-with-a-series-for-dell-about-technology/. 15 March 2017. live.
  17. News: Guthrie. Marisa. 8 May 2018. Christiane Amanpour Will Lead New PBS Late-Night Program. The Hollywood Reporter. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508211023/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christiane-amanpour-will-lead-new-pbs-late-night-program-1109701. 8 May 2018.
  18. Web site: Walter Isaacson. Author page. Simon & Schuster. 19 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20191102200454/https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Walter-Isaacson/697650. 2 November 2019. live.
  19. Web site: Rene. Lynch. Steve Jobs biography: Release date moves up, skyrockets to No. 1. Los Angeles Times. 6 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018163517/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/new-steve-jobs-biography-skyrockets-to-no-1-spot-on-amazon.html. 18 October 2019. live.
  20. Brad Stone, "Jobs Is Said to Assist With Book on His Life", New York Times, February 15, 2010.
  21. Web site: Eyder. Peralta. Steve Jobs Authorizes Biography; It's Due Out Early 2012. NPR. 11 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014133840/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/04/11/135318057/steve-jobs-authorizes-biography-its-due-out-early-2012. 14 October 2019. live.
  22. News: Kara. Swisher . Kara Swisher . New Jobs Bio Cover Is All Apple With Pub Date of November. All Things Digital. 15 August 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110827134838/http://allthingsd.com/20110815/new-jobs-bio-cover-is-all-apple-with-pub-date-of-november/. 27 August 2011.
  23. Walter. Isaacson. The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs. Harvard Business Review. April 2012. 90. 4. 92–100, 102, 146. 22458204. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322192235/http://hbr.org/2012/04/the-real-leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs/ar/1. 22 March 2012.
  24. Web site: Rachel Pickering. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson. Maroon Weekly. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903181556/http://maroonweekly.com/innovators-group-hackers-geniuses-geeks-created-digital-revolution-walter-isaacson. 3 September 2015. dead. Campus Press LP. 18 January 2015. 29 October 2014.
  25. News: Janet Maslin. Janet Maslin. Heralds of the Digital Tomorrow. 18 January 2015. The New York Times. 8 October 2014. January 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118144646/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/arts/walter-isaacsons-the-innovators-studies-computer-wizards.html?_r=0. live.
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  27. Web site: Bookmarks reviews of Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019111848/http://lithub.com/bookmarks/reviews/leonardo-da-vinci/. 19 October 2017. LitHub. October 19, 2017.
  28. Book: Isaacson, Walter. Leonardo da Vinci. 2017-10-17. Simon & Schuster. 978-1-5011-3915-4. en.
  29. Web site: Update: Paramount Wins Leonardo Battle: Lands Walter Isaacson Da Vinci Book For DiCaprio. Fleming. Mike Jr. . 2017-08-12. Deadline. en. 2019-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20170812103152/https://deadline.com/2017/08/leonardo-dicaprio-to-play-leonardo-da-vinci-paramouint-walter-isaacson-appian-way-movie-deal-1202147317/. 12 August 2017. live.
  30. News: John Logan To Adapt Walter Isaacson's Leonardo Da Vinci Book For Leo DiCaprio. Mike Jr. . Fleming. https://web.archive.org/web/20180202000930/https://deadline.com/2018/02/leonardo-dicaprio-leonardo-da-vinci-john-logan-walter-isaacson-paramount-pictures-movie-1202276443/. 2 February 2018. 1 February 2018. Deadline. en. 2020-03-19. Paramount has set John Logan to adapt the Walter Isaacson book Leonardo da Vinci as a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio to play the painter/scientist. DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson [Jennifer Davisson Killoran] are producing through their Appian Way banner. .
  31. Book: The Code Breaker . March 18, 2021 . March 9, 2021 . 9781982115852 . Isaacson . Walter . Simon and Schuster . April 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414054804/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Code-Breaker/Walter-Isaacson/9781982115852 . live .
  32. News: Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers . The New York Times . March 18, 2021 . March 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331154721/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/03/28/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ . live .
  33. Web site: January 26, 2021 . Nonfiction Book Review: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson . March 18, 2021 . . February 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210212185100/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-9821-1585-2 . live .
  34. Web site: 2023-10-04 . FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist . 2023-10-04 . Books+Publishing . November 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118211335/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/10/04/238701/ft-business-book-of-the-year-award-shortlist/ . live .
  35. https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071203-7.html "President Bush Meets with U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership"
  36. Web site: Partners for a New Beginning. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217045808/https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/141152.pdf. 17 December 2019. United States Department of State. 26 April 2010. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will serve as the Chair of PNB. Walter Isaacson (President of The Aspen Institute) and Muhtar Kent (Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company) will serve as Vice-Chairs. .
  37. Web site: Hanoi. Plan addresses Agent Orange legacy in Vietnam - World news - World environment. NBC News. Margie. Mason. Associated Press. 2010-06-16. msnbc.com. en. 2020-03-19. $300 million ($ in 2019) for Agent Orange fund. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083530/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37735860/. 5 March 2016. live.
  38. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-111809 "President Obama More Key Administration Posts"
  39. Web site: Alex. Woodward. dead. Mayor Landrieu unveils New Orleans' tricentennial group. Best of New Orleans. 1 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150212230417/http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2014/12/01/mayor-landrieu-unveils-new-orleans-tricentennial-group. 12 February 2015.
  40. Web site: My Brother's Keeper Fact Sheet. My Brother's Keeper Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510160134/http://www.mbkalliance.org/updates/mbk-alliance-launch. 10 May 2015. dead. Board and Leadership Team: Walter Isaacson, CEO, Aspen Institute.
  41. News: 1 November 2016. Kevin. Litten. New Orleans Times-Picayune. New Orleans Native Walter Isaacson Appointed to CPC. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161102155959/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/11/walter_isaacson_planning_commi.html. 2 November 2016.
  42. Web site: Executive Board Society of American Historians. Society of American Historians. 2020-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307091904/http://sah.columbia.edu/content/executive-board. 7 March 2012. live. Executive Board, 2011-2012 [...] Officers: Walter Isaacson, President.
  43. News: Hoff . Patrick . Walter Isaacson joins Arcadia Publishing . Charleston Regional Business Journal . SC Biz News . 2019-03-25 . 2019-04-03 . December 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228043647/https://charlestonbusiness.com/news/creative-industries/76190/ . live .
  44. Web site: Leonard A. Lauder funds Tulane University professorship on American history and values . March 9, 2020 . April 17, 2022 . June 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627124309/https://news.tulane.edu/pr/leonard-lauder-funds-tulane-university-professorship-american-history-and-values . live .
  45. Web site: Walter Isaacson, School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University . April 17, 2022 . May 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528225610/https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/history/people/walter-isaacson . live .
  46. News: New Orleans book festival canceled by COVID on for October . July 3, 2021 . . May 24, 2023 . May 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524054433/https://apnews.com/article/la-state-wire-new-orleans-lifestyle-entertainment-health-82f6b138693d71879446f18b5706f83d . live .
  47. Web site: Our Team . May 24, 2023 . The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University . May 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524054434/https://bookfest.tulane.edu/about/our-team . live .
  48. Web site: Walter Isaacson . 2023-03-21 . The National Endowment for the Humanities . en . March 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321203345/https://www.neh.gov/award/walter-isaacson . live .
  49. Web site: UCLA Anderson Announces 2012 Gerald Loeb Award Winners . June 26, 2012 . . February 2, 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719055741/https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2012/loeb-award-winners. 19 July 2013. Business Books Winner: Walter Isaacson for 'Steve Jobs' published by Simon & Schuster.
  50. News: Madeleine Albright. Albright. Madeline K.. The World's 100 Most Influential People: 2012. Time. April 18, 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130930105302/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111986,00.html. 30 September 2013.
  51. Web site: 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal Presentation To Walter Isaacson. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231044358/http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/2013/10/2013-benjamin-franklin-medal-presentation-to-walter-isaacson/. 31 December 2013. RSA United States. October 2013.
  52. Web site: APS Member History. 2021-05-25. search.amphilsoc.org. January 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122040043/https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Walter+Isaacson&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced. live.
  53. News: Chris. Waddington. Best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson will deliver prestigious Jefferson Lecture in 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140204015909/http://www.nola.com/celebrities/index.ssf/2014/01/best-selling_biographer_walter.html. 4 February 2014. Times-Picayune. 28 January 2014.
  54. Web site: The Isaacson School at Colorado Mountain College. Colorado Mountain College. en-US. 2020-03-19. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190409044545/https://coloradomtn.edu/programs/isaacson-school/. 9 April 2019.
  55. Web site: Walter S. Isaacson, Commencement Speech, May 22, 2012 The Cooper Union. 30 May 2012. [W]hen I first started writing about Benjamin Franklin, I thought of him as a writer, a humanities type, somebody interested in governance. I did realize that he was probably the most important experimental scientist of his time. Both with the electricity experiment and so many of his other inventions. And I realize that a Benjamin Franklin or a Thomas Jefferson would have thought people philistines if they didn’t appreciate the beauty of science. And likewise, Albert Einstein, a great scientist would have thought people philistines if they were scientists and didn’t appreciate the beauty of Goethe or Mozart, or all of the literature or music that he loved.. live. 18 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150318021420/https://cooper.edu/about/news/walter-s-isaacson-commencement-speech-may-22-2012. cooper.edu. 2020-03-19.
  56. Web site: Jim . Patterson. 7 May 2015. Connect your passion to something that matters, Isaacson urges Vanderbilt graduating seniors. https://web.archive.org/web/20181104010440/https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/05/07/senior-day-isaacson/. 4 November 2018. live.
  57. Published simultaneously in London by Faber.
  58. Web site: Review of Kissinger by Walter Isaacson. 1 July 1992. Kirkus Reviews. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103170031/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/kissinger/#review. 3 November 2011. 19 March 2020.
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