Robert Slater (October 1, 1943 – March 25, 2014) was an American author and journalist known for over two dozen books, including biographies of political and business figures such as
Golda Meir
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,
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...
,
George Soros
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, and
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
.
Slater was born in
Manhattan
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and grew up in
South Orange, New Jersey
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. He graduated from Columbia High School in 1962 and graduated with honors from the
University of Pennsylvania
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in 1966, with a degree in political science.
In 1967 he received a master's degree in international relations from the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
. He worked for
United Press International
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(UPI) from 1969 to 1971 before moving to Jerusalem, where he worked for UPI until 1974; and for ''
Time
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'' magazine in Jerusalem from 1976 to 1996. From 1987 and 1990 he was chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Israel. In his later years he was a columnist for ''
The Jerusalem Report
''The Jerusalem Report'' is a fortnightly print and online news magazine that covers political, security, economic, religious and cultural issues in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Founded as an independent weekly publication in 199 ...
'', and mentored young journalists at ''
The Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper w ...
''.
He lived for much of his life in Israel, and with his wife, Elinor, co-authored the books ''Great Jewish Women'' and ''Great Jewish Men''. He died in Jerusalem on March 25, 2014, aged 70, from complications of the flu.
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1943 births
2014 deaths
American male journalists
20th-century American journalists
American biographers
Writers from New York City
Writers from Jerusalem
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Alumni of the London School of Economics
People from South Orange, New Jersey
Time (magazine) people
Historians from New York (state)
American male biographers