Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr.

U.S. historian and author, born in Columbus, Ohio, 1917 ; presidential special assistant and speech writer 1961-64; professor of humanities City University of 1966 ('The Age of Jackson', 1946; Pulitzer prize, 1966 ('The Age for history; 'The Age of Roosevelt', 3 vols.; 'A Thousand Days', 1965 National Book Award and 1966 Pulitzer prize for biography; 'The Imperial Presidency'; 'Robert F. Kennedy and His Times').