Merryle Stanley Rukeyser (January 3, 1897 – December 21, 1988), was an American journalist and educator in finance and economics.

Biography

Rukeyser was born to a

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December 22, 1988 He graduated from

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's Pulitzer school in 1915, and four years later received a master's degree in economics also from Columbia. He became a financial journalist first for the ''

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'' and then the ''

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''. In 1924, he wrote the well-known book ''The Common Sense of Money and Investments''. By 1930 he became an associate professor at the

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and was writing the syndicated financial column "Everybody's Money", appearing daily in 110 newspapers. In the 1970s and early 1980s, he was a frequent guest analyst on his son Louis' TV show

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. Rukeyser married twice. His first wife, Berenice Simon, died in 1964. They had four children: Merryle S. Rukeyser Jr., a publicity agent and longtime executive with

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Louis Rukeyser Louis Richard Rukeyser (January 30, 1933 – May 2, 2006) was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television. He was best known for his role as host of two television series, Wall Street Week, ...

(1933–2006), journalist;

William S. Rukeyser William S. Rukeyser (June 8, 1939 – August 16, 2022) was an American journalist who was the founding managing editor of ''Money'' magazine and managing editor of '' Fortune''. Biography From its founding in 1998 until 2009 Rukeyser was editorial ...

(born 1939), journalist; and Robert Rukeyser, a vice president of American Brands Inc. In 1965, he married Marjorie Leffler. She died in 1974.

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