The New Yorker magazine, launched 100 years ago by Harold Ross, brought sophistication and literary wit to American journalism. Ross, an unconventional figure with a tumultuous personal life, had no high school diploma but forged a remarkable career starting as a young reporter out West. His experiences during World War I and connections with iconic writers during his time in Paris shaped his vision for the magazine. The Algonquin Round Table's influence provided a vital literary backdrop as Ross established a platform for the literati, ultimately changing the landscape of journalism.
In a business full of characters, Ross fit right in. He never graduated from high school. With a gap-toothed smile and bristle-brush hair, he was frequently divorced and plagued by ulcers.
Ross devoted his adult life to one cause: The New Yorker magazine. Born in 1892 in Aspen, Colorado, Ross worked out west as a reporter while still a teenager.
Over long and liquid lunches, Ross rubbed shoulders and wisecracked with some of the brightest lights in New York's literary chandelier.
In the mid-1920s, Ross decided to launch a weekly metropolitan magazine, infusing it with a much-needed sophistication into American journalism.
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