Jon Meacham (born 1969 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is the editor of Newsweek, a Pulitzer Prize winning bestselling author and a commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America.
Born in Chattanooga, Meacham attended elementary school at Saint Nicholas School, moving on to the McCallie School and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, graduating summa cum laude in English Literature; he was salutatorian and was elected t...
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Jon Meacham (born 1969 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is the editor of Newsweek, a Pulitzer Prize winning bestselling author and a commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America.
Born in Chattanooga, Meacham attended elementary school at Saint Nicholas School, moving on to the McCallie School and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, graduating summa cum laude in English Literature; he was salutatorian and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
An only child, Meacham's parents divorced when he was young and he spent his middle and high school years living with his grandfather, Judge Ellis K. Meacham. A legendary figure in Chattanooga and a renowned author, the Judge is credited with giving Meacham his interest in history and the greatest generation.
He and his wife, Margaret Keith Smythe Meacham, a Mississippi native, University of Virginia and Columbia University Teachers College graduate, and the former Executive Director of the Harlem Day Charter School, live in...
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