born Sept. 23, 1889, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died Dec. 14, 1974, New York
U.S. newspaper commentator and author.
Educated at Harvard, he became an editor at the fledgling New Republic (1914–17). His thinking influenced Woodrow Wilson , and he took part in the negotiations that culminated in the Treaty of Versailles. After writing for and editing the reformist World , he moved to the New York Herald-Tribune, where he began his "Today and Tomorrow" column in 1931; eventually widely syndicated, it won two Pulitzer Prizes (1958, 1962), and Lippmann became one of the most respected political columnists in the world. His books include A Preface to Politics (1913); Public Opinion (1922), perhaps his most influential work; The Phantom Public (1925); and The Good Society (1937).