In Memory OfDr. Herbert I. London
Dr. London was a noted social critic whose work appeared in every major newspaper and journal in the country including such diverse publications as Commentary, National Review, American Spectator, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Washington Times, New York Magazine, New York Times and more.
He was the author and editor of thirty books and three plays “My Most Embarrassing Moment”, “A Love That Cannot Speak Its Name” and “Mr. Tin Pan Alley.”
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On this anniversary of Herb's passing, we take a moment to reflect on the beautiful legacy he left behind...
Herbert I. London: Renaissance Man
by Marc Berley (Nov 10, 2024)
A man who sat with US presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs, giving them his valued counsel, Herb London was known from his ubiquity on television and in newspapers as a public intellectual and policy expert who could range effortlessly across the world’s most complex and difficult issues. But Herb was also so much more, a remarkable Renaissance man the likes of which we may never see again: a man of letters and action, a humanist, a deep soul who traversed the halls of political power, an aesthete who loved the arts and understood their power. One of the last times I saw Herb, we converged by happenstance at the Frick Museum, each of us there to glimpse the Dutch Mona Lisa, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, before she flew back to Holland."
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