Win McCormack
Win McCormack | |
|---|---|
| Born | Winthrop Laflin McCormack 1944 or 1945 (age 81–82) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Oregon (MFA) |
| Relatives | Alfred McCormack (father) |
| Website | Official website |
Winthrop Laflin "Win" McCormack (born 1944/1945)[1] is an American banking heir, political activist, publisher, and editor from Oregon.
He is editor-in-chief of Tin House[2] magazine and Tin House Books, the former publisher of Oregon Magazine, founder and treasurer of MediAmerica, Inc., and a co-founder of Mother Jones magazine. He serves on the board of directors of the journal New Perspectives Quarterly.[3] His political and social writings have appeared in Oregon Humanities, Tin House, The Nation,[4] The Oregonian, and Oregon Magazine. McCormack's investigative coverage of the Rajneeshee movement was awarded a William Allen White Commendation from the University of Kansas and the City and Regional Magazine Association.
As a political activist, McCormack served as Chair of the Oregon Steering Committee for Gary Hart's 1984 presidential campaign. He was chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon's President's Council and a member of the Obama for President Oregon Finance Committee.[citation needed] Additionally, McCormack sits on the Board of Overseers for Emerson College,[5] and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles–based Liberty Hill Foundation.[6]
In February 2016, McCormack purchased The New Republic magazine from Chris Hughes.[7][8][9]
Early life and family
[edit]McCormack is the son of attorney Alfred McCormack and Winifred Byron Smith McCormack.[10]
Reed Magazine reports that, after his mother’s death, he inherited money that helped him acquire Oregon Times magazine.[11] He has been described as “an heir to a midwestern banking fortune.”[12] On his mother’s side, a published genealogy identifies Winifred Byron Smith as the child of Walter Byron Smith.[13] A contemporary profile of Walter Byron Smith states that he was the second son of Byron Laflin Smith, who founded The Northern Trust Company in 1889.[14][15]
Education
[edit]He received an A.B. from Harvard College and an MFA from the University of Oregon.[16]
Books
[edit]- 2008 You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values. Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books. ISBN 978-1-135-89772-7.
- 2010 The Rajneesh Chronicles. Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books. ISBN 978-0-9825691-9-1.
References
[edit]- ↑ https://www.gawkerarchives.com/chris-hughes-sells-the-new-republic-to-win-mccormack-1761546865
- ↑ "WIN MCCORMACK". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ↑ "NPQ". Digitalnpq.org. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ↑ "Deconstructing the Election". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ↑ "About Emerson | Emerson College". Emerson.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ↑ About: History, Liberty Hill Foundation website, Undated. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ Byers, Dylan (26 February 2016). "The New Republic is sold by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ↑ Trotter, J.K. "Chris Hughes Sells The New Republic to Win McCormack". Gawker. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ Alpert, Lukas I. "Chris Hughes Sells New Republic to Liberal Publisher Win McCormack". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "Former Director of Intelligence". The New York Times. 1956-07-12.
- ↑ "Win/Win". Reed Magazine. Reed College. 2018-05-23.
- ↑ "Stephen Elliott and the 'Shitty Media Men' List Go to Court". New York Magazine. 2022-10-25.
- ↑ Laflin, Louis Ellsworth (1930). Laflin Genealogy (PDF). Chicago.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Walter Byron Smith" (PDF). The Northwestern Banker. May 1945.
- ↑ "Our History". Northern Trust.
- ↑ "Home". Retrieved 26 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Win McCormack collection on Rajneeshpuram at University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives