(born 1921), U.S. journalist, born in Boston, Mass.; longtime editor of the Washington Post, gained national fame during the Post's exposure of the Watergate scandal during the Richard M. Nixon Administration; attended St. Marks School; graduated from Harvard 1942; served in Navy during World War II; worked briefly for the American Civil Liberties Union before helping found the New Hampshire Sunday News 1946; worked for the Post 1948–51 before becoming a press attaché in Paris; joined Newsweek magazine 1953; rejoined Post 1961, managing editor 1965, executive editor 1968, and vice-president 1991; recruited many outstanding reporters and made the Post one of the most respected newspapers in the U.S.