Walter Seff Isaacson is an American novelist, journalist, and academic who was born on May 20, 1952. He has served as the chair and CEO of CNN, the editor of Time, and the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy research organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C.

In this article, we would like to learn about his parents and some other interesting facts about him.

Meet Walter Isaacson parents Irwin Isaacson & Betty Lee Isaacson

Isaac is the son of Jewish parents Betty “Betsy” Lee (née Seff) and Irwin Isaacson, Walter Seff Isaacson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 20, 1952.

He went to the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, where he served as the student body president, Deep Springs College for the Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP), and Harvard University, where he majored in History and Literature and received his degree in 1974.

In addition to being a member of the Harvard Lampoon and a resident of Lowell House at Harvard, Isaacson served as the Signet Society’s president.

He was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and received a Rhodes scholarship to attend Harvard University and Pembroke College at Oxford.