Arthur L. Carter (born December 24, 1931) is an American investment banker, publisher, and artist.
Biography
Born to a
Jewish
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family, Carter graduated from Brown University in 1953 with a degree in
French literature
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.
He served in the Coast Guard from 1953 to 1956
He worked for
Lehman Brothers
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for a period of time, but after taking a break to study at Dartmouth's
Tuck School of Business
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Founded ...
Shearson Lehman Brothers
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The Nation
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''. In 1987, he founded the weekly paper ''
The New York Observer
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'', which covered New York culture and politics. In 1995, he sold ''The Nation'', in 2001, he sold the ''Litchfield County Times'', and he sold ''The Observer'' in 2006.
In 2008,
New York University
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In 1832, th ...
renamed its journalism department the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Carter had previously taught at NYU as an adjunct professor of philosophy and journalism.
Personal life
He has three children: Jon Carter, Whendy Carter and Ellen Carter from his first marriage to Linda Schweitzer. In 1967, he married actress
Dixie Carter
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, with whom he had two daughters, Ginna and Mary Dixie. They divorced 10 years later. He has been married to Dr. Linda Carter since 1980. His stepdaughter is actress Ali Marsh, whose husband is actor
Fred Weller
Frederick Weller (born April 18, 1966) is an American actor known for portraying Johnny Sandowski on ''Missing Persons,'' Shane Mungitt in '' Take Me Out'' and Marshall Mann on ''In Plain Sight''.
Early life
Weller was born in New Orleans, Lou ...
. He has 12 grandchildren.
He is also an artist: his paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in Tennessee, Rhode Island, and Paris, among other places.