Spectator and The American Mercury Maximilian Elser Jr. (1910) – founded the Metropolitan Newspaper Service, sold to United Features in 1930, which syndicated writers like Gertrude Atherton, Joseph Conrad, and Booth Tarkington, and the Tarzan comic strip F. Dana Burnet (1911) – poet, short story author, and Broadway playwright; author of many plays adapted into films Charles Divine (1911) – poet, Broadway playwright; film writer Mario Lazo (1915) – lawyer; expert on American policy in Cuban; fought for freedom of the Cuban press; author of Dagger in the Heart: American Policy Failures in Cuba Gustave S. Lobrano (1924) – Mmnaging editor of The New Yorker (1941–1956) Hugh Troy (1926) – world-renowned prankster and children's book author Austin H. Kiplinger (1939) – editor and executive of the Kiplinger publishing empire, including Kiplinger's Personal Finance; Cornell University Board of Trustees Chairman (1984–1989); Cornell University presidential councilor Clinton Rossiter (1939) – government professor, historian, political scientist, and author of The American Presidency Stuart Loory (1954) – executive producer (1987–1990) and vice-president (1990–1995) of CNN; editor-in-chief of CNN World Report (1990–1991); managing editor of Chicago Sun-Times; included on Richard Nixon's list of political opponents Ross D. Wetzsteon (1954) – theater editor (and briefly editor-in-chief) for The Village Voice; chairman, host, and driving force behind the Obie Awards Ken Blanchard (1961) – management and leadership consultant; author and developer of the One Minute Manager concept; Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year (1991); Cornell University trustee Danny Schechter (1964) – the "News Dissector;" Emmy Award-winning television producer, filmmaker, blogger, and media critic Alfred Gingold (1968) – freelance writer and humor author Sam Roberts (1968) – deputy editor of The New York Times Week in Review (1995–2015); inaugural author of the "Metro Matters" column; columnist, reporter, and editor with The New York Times and New York Daily News; biographer of David Greenglass and Nelson Rockefeller Stanley Chess (1969) – legal commentator; founder of Legal America, Inc., which operates multiple law-related websites; editor-in-chief of The Cornell Daily Sun leading up to the controversial 1969 Willard Straight Hall takeover; organizer and president of The Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Association Knight Kiplinger (1969) – editor and executive of the Kiplinger publishing empire, including Kiplinger's Personal Finance Howard A. Rodman (1971) – screenwriter of August and Savage Grace; chair of the Writing Division, USC School of Cinematic Arts Dave Ross (1973) – nationally syndicated radio talk show host and news commentator on