Marvin Olasky
| Marvin Olasky | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 12, 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | U.S. |
| Education | B.A. in American Studies, Yale University, 1971 Ph.D. in American Culture, University of Michigan, 1976 |
| Occupation | Editor, author, academic |
| Years active | 1976- |
| Employer | World News Group |
| Organization | World magazine |
| Notable work |
The Tragedy of American Compassion Prodigal Press |
| Title | Editor in chief |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Olasky (1976-present) |
| Children | 4 sons |
Marvin Olasky (born June 12, 1950) is editor-in-chief of WORLD Magazine, the author of more than 20 books, including Fighting for Liberty and Virtue and The Tragedy of American Compassion, and is a distinguished chair in journalism and public policy at Patrick Henry College. He has been married since 1976 to writer Susan Olasky, and they have four sons and one granddaughter.
Olasky was born in Malden, Massachusetts, United States, to a Russian-Jewish family and graduated from Yale University in 1971 with a B.A. in American studies. In 1976 he earned his Ph.D. in American culture at the University of Michigan. He became an atheist in adolescence and a Marxist in college, ultimately joining the Communist Party USA in 1972. He married and divorced during this period and by his own admission broke every one of the ten commandments except the one against murder. He left the communist party late in 1973 and in 1976 became a Christian after reading the New Testament and a number of Christian authors.
Olasky was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin from 1983 to 2007 and provost of The King's College in New York City from 2007 to 2011. He is now dean at the World Journalism Institute and a senior fellow at the Acton Institute. He joined World Magazine in 1990 and became its editor in 1994 and its editor-in-chief in 2001. Earlier, he was a reporter at the Boston Globe and a speechwriter at the Du Pont Company. Since 1996 he has been a ruling elder within the Presbyterian Church in America.
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