The Resume

(November 6, 1892-December 6, 1951)
Born in Aspen, Colorado
Journalist for several papers, including the Denver Post, Salt Lake City Telegram, Atlanta Journal, Brooklyn Eagle and San Francisco Call
Edited 'Stars and Stripes' (1918-19)
Founded 'The New Yorker' magazine (1925)
Editor-in-chief of 'The New Yorker' until his death

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of school and ran away from home at 13 to work at the Denver Post.
His three marriages broke up over his long work hours and obsession with 'The New Yorker.' (He told James Thurber, 'I'm married to this magazine. It's all I think about.')
He had long-running feuds with fellow magazine publishers Henry Luce of 'Time' and DeWitt Wallace of 'Reader's Digest.'
Dorothy Parker said, 'His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its size.'
He once asked, 'Is Moby Dick the whale or the man?'

Why he might not be annoying:

At 'Stars and Stripes' he launched a charity drive that raised two million francs to support French war orphans.
He gave former vaudevillian Dave Chasen the money to found the famed Chasen's restaurant.
He was a stickler for accuracy and fact checking.
He was said to have 'a genius for finding genius,' hiring for 'The New Yorker' such talents as James Thurber, E.B. White, Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, John O'Hara, Alexander Woollcott, S.J. Perelman, Janet Flanner, Peter Arno and Charles Addams.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Algonquin Round Table Members
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 48]
• I Did Not Graduate High School [N-S]
• I Died in 1951 (Ranked: 59)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Have Throat Cancer
• I was Cremated
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Profiles 34501-34750 (Ranked: 34569)
• Served in World War I

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying