Lawrence Van Gelder

American journalist

RelativesRichard Van Gelder (brother)
Gordon Van Gelder (nephew)
Leslie Van Gelder (niece)
Russell Van Gelder (nephew)

Lawrence Ralph Van Gelder (February 17, 1933 – March 11, 2016) was an American journalist and instructor in journalism who worked at several different New York City-based newspapers in his long career. Until 2010, he was senior editor of the Arts and Leisure weekly section of The New York Times, as well as a film critic.^[1] Among the newspapers for which Van Gelder worked were the New York Daily Mirror, the New York Daily News, the New York World-Telegram and Sun and the World-Journal-Tribune.

Biologist Richard Van Gelder was his brother and Gordon Van Gelder, the editor and publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, a nephew. Van Gelder graduated from Columbia University in 1953^[2] (Columbia College (New York) and Columbia Law School). He began working at the Times in May 1967.^[3]

Lawrence Van Gelder died of leiomyosarcoma on March 11, 2016, aged 83.^[3]

References

^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (October 26, 1996). "Eat and Be Thin. What's the Catch?". The New York Times.
^ "Other Deaths Reported". Columbia College Today. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
^ ^a ^b Roberts, Sam (March 12, 2016). "Lawrence Van Gelder, Critic and Editor at The Times, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p. B8.