and CEO of The Washington Post Company. The Company owns the newspaper, as well as the educational services provider Kaplan, Inc., Post-Newsweek Stations, Cable One, Slate magazine, and other smaller companies. Donald Graham became CEO in 1991 and chairman of the company in May 1993, while Katharine Graham assumed the position of chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post Company. In September 2000, Graham was elected chairman of the newspaper and passed the position of publisher to Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. Other roles Graham also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board between 2001 and 2010. He is on the board of the District of Columbia College Access Program and is a trustee of the Federal City Council in Washington, D.C. Graham formerly served as a member of the board of directors of the Summit Fund of Washington. He is also an invitee of the Bilderberg Group and attended conference meetings in Greece 2009, and Spain 2010. Honors In 1974, Graham was awarded an honorary doctorate from Whittier College. In 2003, Graham received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2004. Personal life In 1967, Graham married Mary Wissler. Wissler earned a bachelor's from Harvard-Radcliffe, where they met, and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Taubman Center, focusing on such issues as health and safety regulations. In 2007, the couple announced that they were separating. They have four children. On June 30, 2012, Graham married Amanda Bennett, the director of Voice of America, and former executive editor at Bloomberg News. She was in charge of a global team of investigative reporters and editors. His daughter Laura is married to Tim O'Shaughnessy, former CEO of LivingSocial. He is current president of Graham Holdings Company. See also Andrew Rosen References Further reading The Washington Post Company. Donald E. Graham. Retrieved on December 13, 2005. Scott Sherman, "Donald Graham's Washington Post", Columbia Journalism Review 5/2002. Retrieved on April 10, 2006. The Washington Post Company. History & Leadership. Retrieved on April 11, 2006. "Facebook, Inc. filing with United States Securities & Exchange Commission". Retrieved on February 1, 2012. External links The Washington Post people The Washington Post publishers 1945 births Living people American chief executives in the media industry American people of German-Jewish descent Directors of Facebook