Gary Shapiro (journalist)

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Gary Shapiro is an American journalist. A graduate of Harvard university and Columbia Law School he has written for numerous publications including The New York Sun (where he penned the "Knickerbocker" column) [1] , The Forward and The Wall Street Journal. He is also a former contributing editor to The American Scholar magazine.

While at the New York Sun he wrote on the Frederick Brockway Gleason III case in Savannah, Georgia. The victim was a direct descendant of the family who once published the New York Sun's forerunner The Sun.[2]. [2]

Shapiro formerly served on the board of directors and is the current admissions committee chair of the National Arts Club in New York City. He also was a board member of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars and served out a term which ended in 2014. [3]

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References

  1. "Knickerbocker archive" . Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. "Year after Savannah Killing Police Press". 6 December 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. "Board of Directors | National Coalition of Independent Scholars". ncis.org. Retrieved 20 September 2015.