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Apr 23, 1913 Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 05 Apr 2001 (aged 87)
American journalist
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About John Bertram Oakes
- John Bertram Oakes (April 23, 1913 – April 5, 2001) was an iconoclastic and influential U.S.
- journalist known for his early commitment to the environment, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War.
- He was born in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, the second son of George Washington Ochs Oakes and Bertie Gans.
- He is regarded as the creator of the modern op-ed page and was editor of the New York Times editorial page from 1961 to 1976. His uncle was New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs.
- Oakes attended Princeton University (A.B., 1934), where he was valedictorian of his class and graduated magna cum laude.
- He then became a Rhodes Scholar (A.B., A.M., Queens College, Oxford, 1936).
