Richard Stengel

Richard "Rick" Stengel is Time magazine's 16th managing editor.

Stengel is a native of New York. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1977 and played on the Princeton Tigers basketball team as part of the 1975 National Invitation Tournament. After college, he was a Rhodes Scholar and studied English and history at Christ Church, Oxford. Stengel became a senior writer and essayist at Time, where he covered both the 1988 and 1996 presidential campaign. He also wrote for The New Yorker, The New Republic, and the New York Times.

Stengel also authored several books including January Sun: One Day, Three Lives, A South African Town and You're too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery. In 1993 he collaborated with Nelson Mandela on Mandela's bestselling autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. He later served as co-producer of the 1996 documentary Mandela. In 1998, he taught a course at Princeton University called "Politics and the Press." In 1999, Stengel became a senior advisor and chief speechwriter for Bill Bradley, who ran for the Democratic nomination for the 2000 presidential election. Stengel later returned to print journalism and served in several positions at Time, including as nation and culture editor and managing editor for Time.com. In 2004, Stengel became president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center, a museum, education center and think tank in Philadelphia.

Stengel is married to Mary Pfaff, who is originally from South Africa. They have two sons.

Richard Stengel; January Sun: One Day, Three Lives, A South African Town; ISBN #0671732889
Richard Stengel; You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery; ISBN #0684854910
Nelson Mandela; Long Walk to Freedom; ISBN #0316855006

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