Arthur L. Carter
{{Short description|American investment banker, publisher, and artist (born 1931)}}
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Arthur L. Carter (born December 24, 1931) is an American investment banker, publisher, and visual artist.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family,[https://nypost.com/2004/05/23/carter-vs-carter-media-elite-brawl-fueled-by-scandal-bitterness/ New York Post: "Carter Vs. Carter – Media Elite Brawl Fueled by Scandal, Bitterness" by Keith J. Kelly] May 23, 2004 Carter graduated from Brown University in 1953{{cite news|url= http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/08/carter-1|title= Arthur Carter's Untitled installed on Front Green for three years|date= August 25, 2010|work= Today at Brown|publisher= Brown University}} with a degree in French literature.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/27/business/investment-banker-turned-publisher-arthur-carter-quest-something-important.html|title= INVESTMENT BANKER TURNED PUBLISHER: ARTHUR CARTER; A Quest to Do Something 'Important'|first= N. R.|last= Kleinfeld|date= September 27, 1987|work= The New York Times}}[http://www.danspapers.com/2015/08/whos-here-arthur-carter-publisher-sculptor-banker/ Dans Papers Hamptons: "Who's Here: Arthur Carter, Publisher, Sculptor, Banker"] August 2, 2015
He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1953 to 1956 {{cite web |title=Arthur L Carter |url=https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/about/board-of-overseers/arthur-carter.html |publisher=New York University |access-date=February 17, 2021}}
He worked for Lehman Brothers for a period of time, but after taking a break to study at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, he started Carter, Berlind, & Weill in 1960, which eventually grew into Shearson Loeb Rhoades, later merging with Lehman to form Shearson Lehman Brothers.
After ten years, he sold his stake in Carter Berlind and tried his hand at several other businesses. Eventually, deciding that he wanted to run a newspaper, he started the Litchfield County Times,[http://www.countytimes.com/ countytimes.com] when no existing paper met his criteria. In December 1985, he was able to buy a controlling stake in The Nation. In 1987, he founded the weekly paper The New York Observer, which covered New York culture and politics.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/nyregion/a-weekly-for-manhattan-makes-its-debut.html|title= A Weekly for Manhattan Makes Its Debut|first= Alex|last= Jones| authorlink =Alex Jones (journalist)
|accessdate= September 8, 2010|work=The New York Times|date=September 24, 1987}} In 1995, he sold The Nation,{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/nyregion/is-the-observer-for-sale-always-at-a-dollar-apiece-its-owner-says.html|title= Is The Observer for Sale? Always, At a Dollar Apiece, Its Owner Says|first= Felicity|last= Barringer|date= March 4, 2002|work=The New York Times}} in 2001, he sold the Litchfield County Times,{{cite news|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40817FC3B550C758EDDA90994D9404482|title= Owner of Observer Sells Litchfield County Times|date= October 26, 2001|first= Robert|last= Worth|work=The New York Times}} and he sold The Observer in 2006.{{cite news|url= http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/8/4/kushner-buys-ny-observer-jared-c/|title= Kushner Buys NY Observer|first= Paras|last= Bhayani|date= August 4, 2006|newspaper= Harvard Crimson}}
In 2008, New York University renamed its journalism department the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Carter had previously taught at NYU as an adjunct professor of philosophy and journalism.{{cite web|url= http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2008/09/04/nyu_journalism_department.html|title= NYU Journalism Department Becomes the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute|accessdate= September 8, 2010|publisher= New York University}}
Personal life
He has three children: Jon Carter, Whendy Carter and Ellen Carter from his first marriage to Linda Schweitzer. In 1967, he married actress Dixie Carter, with whom he had two daughters, Ginna and Mary Dixie. They divorced 10 years later.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/arts/television/12carter.html|title= Dixie Carter, TV Actress, Dies at 70 |first= Anita
|last= Gates|date= April 11, 2010|work=The New York Times}} He has been married to Dr. Linda Carter since 1980.{{Cite news|date=June 22, 2003|title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Mary Dixie Carter, Stephen Kempf|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/style/weddings-celebrations-mary-dixie-carter-stephen-kempf.html|access-date=January 8, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} His stepdaughter is actress Ali Marsh, whose husband is actor Fred Weller.{{Cite news|date=September 7, 2003|title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Ali Marsh, Frederick Weller|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/style/weddings-celebrations-ali-marsh-frederick-weller.html|access-date=January 8, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} He has 12 grandchildren.
He is also a visual artist: his paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in Tennessee, Rhode Island, and Paris, among other places. Charles A. Riley ll who has authored two volumes on Carter's work has wrotten of it ..."Arthur Carter's metal sculpture is a form of drawing in space, and so it is not surprising that analytical, exploratory drawing is the foundation of his practice as an artist".{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaJDuAAACAAJ | title=Arthur Carter: Studies for Construction | isbn=978-1-4197-0452-9 | last1=Riley | first1=Charles A. | date=November 2012 | publisher=Harry N. Abrams }}
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