David Lefer

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David G. Lefer is an American professor, journalist, and author, who holds the post of Industry Professor at New York University's Polytechnic Institute, where he directs the Innovation and Technology Forum.{{cite web |url=http://www.poly.edu/user/dlefer |title=David G Lefer | NYU-Poly |publisher=Poly.edu |access-date=2013-07-01}}

A 1994 honors graduate of Harvard College, Lefer obtained a master's degree in 1995 from Columbia University's School of Journalism.{{Cite web |url=http://harvardmagazine.com/profile/david-lefer |title=David Lefer |website=Harvard Magazine |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=2016-05-01}}

He worked as a journalist for the New York Daily News, Newsday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and The China News in Taiwan. He was also a co-producer of the PBS talk show The Digital Age.

Lefer co-wrote the book They Made America (Little, Brown 2004), with Harold Evans and Gail Buckland. This history of American innovation was subsequently made into a four-part PBS series, which Lefer helped to produce. Fortune Magazine named the book one of the top 100 business books of the past 75 years,{{cite book |author-first1=Harold |author-last1=Evans |author-link1=Harold Evans |author-first2=Gail |author-last2=Buckland |author-first3=David |author-last3=Lefer |author-link3=David Lefer |year=2004 |title=They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators |publisher=Little, Brown and Co. |isbn=978-0-316-27766-2 |id={{ISBN|0-316-27766-5}} |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/theymadeamericaf00evan }} and the Los Angeles Times review praised its educational value,{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-06-bk-lord6-story.html |title=Their Yankee ingenuity helped change the world |date=March 6, 2005 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |author-first1=M. G. |author-last1=Lord |access-date=2014-09-23}} although the New York Times was less complimentary.{{cite news |author-first1=Neil |author-last1=Genzlinger |title='They Made America': 1 Percent Inspiration, 99 Percent Marketing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/books/review/23GENZING.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 23, 2005 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2014-09-23}} According to WorldCat, the book is in 1596 libraries.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53814009 WorldCat book listing]

Lefer is also the author of The Founding Conservatives: How a Group of Unsung Heroes Saved the American Revolution, published by Penguin in June 2013. The book was favorably reviewed in the Washington Times{{cite web |title=BOOK REVIEW: 'The Founding Conservatives' – Washington Times |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/24/book-review-the-founding-conservatives/|website=www.washingtontimes.com |access-date=2014-09-23}} and the National Review,{{cite web |title=Prudence and Principle – National Review Online |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/353809/prudence-and-principle |website=www.nationalreview.com |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=2014-09-23}} and by The Kirkus Review{{cite web |author-last=Giles |author-first=Harlow |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-lefer/the-founding-conservatives/ |title=THE FOUNDING CONSERVATIVES by David Lefer | Kirkus |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |access-date=2013-07-01}} and Publishers Weekly.{{cite book |title=Nonfiction Book Review: The Founding Conservatives: How a Group of Unsung Heroes Saved the American Revolution |author-first=David |author-last=Lefer |isbn=978-1-59523-069-0 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59523-069-0 |website=Publishers Weekly |date=September 3, 2023 |publisher=Sentinel |access-date=2014-09-23}}