Edward W. Bok (1863–1930), Dutch-born American editor, rose from immigrant office boy to influential editor of Ladies’ Home Journal. He later wrote a Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiography and founded Florida’s Bok Tower Gardens.
Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian known for chronicling nineteenth-century American literature. His Makers and Finders series, including The Flowering of New England, helped revive interest in major American authors.
Schuyler Colfax rose from poverty to become a newspaper editor, U.S. congressman, and Speaker of the House. A strong opponent of slavery, he later served as vice president of the United States under Ulysses S. Grant.
Jacobus Van Cortlandt was a New York merchant and civic leader who served twice as mayor of New York City. A member of the prominent Dutch colonial family, his family lands later became Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
Walter Cronkite was a pioneering American broadcast journalist and longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News. Widely trusted by the public, he reported major events including the Vietnam War, the moon landing, and Watergate.
Greta Van Susteren is an American journalist, legal analyst, and television news anchor known for her work on CNN and Fox News. She gained prominence covering the William Kennedy Smith and O. J. Simpson trials.
