1962-63. He became a member of the newspaper's editorial board in 1961 and assistant editor of the editorial page in 1964. He retired from the New York Times in 1977 and later served as editor of the Journal of International Labor Affairs, a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor. Personal life and death Raskin suffered a stroke in 1990 and died on December 22, 1993, in Manhattan, aged 82. His grandson is an assistant United States attorney in Manhattan. His granddaughter is a writer, living in Manhattan. Awards 1950 The Hillman Prize 1963 George Polk Award Page One Award from The Newspaper Guild Society of Silurians, award Quotes Of all the institutions in our inordinately complacent society, none is so addicted as the press to self-righteousness, self-satisfaction and self-congratulation. Works Books, pamphlets written Is Communism Un-American: Nine Questions about the Communist Party Answered (1947) Walter Reuther's Great Big Union (1963) Books introduced Toil and Trouble: A History of American Labor (1964) David Dubinsky: a life with labor (1977) Books contributed Our Fair City (1979)) Views on employment statistics from the press, business, labor and Congress: reports (1979)) Articles (scholarly) "Labor's Legislative Goals", Labor History (1963) "Dubinsky: Herald of Change", Labor History (1968) References 1911 births 1993 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists City College of New York alumni George Polk Award recipients The New York Times editors The New York Times writers Writers from Edmonton 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army colonels Canadian emigrants to the United States