George Will

Will and Madeleine Marion married in 1967. They had three children. His son Jonathan was born with Down syndrome—a topic Will occasionally writes about in his columns. After 22 years of marriage they separated in 1989.

He married Mari Maseng, a political consultant and speechwriter, in 1991. They have a son and presently live in Washington D.C.

He was born to Frederick L. Will, a philosophy professor, and Louise Hendrickson Will, a high school teacher, in Illinois.

He attended University Laboratory High school of Urbana, Illinois and received his B.A. from Trinity College, Connecticut.

He went to Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics. He received his MA and PhD in politics from Princeton University in 1967.

Will served on the staff of Senator Gordon from 1970 to 1972 before teaching political philosophy at the James Madison College of Michigan State University and the University of Toronto.

In 1974, he joined the Washington Post Writers Group and started writing a syndicated bi-weekly column that still continues to appear on Thursdays and Sundays.

He became a contributing editor for ‘Newsweek’ in 1976 and wrote a bi-weekly column until 2011. He worked as the Washington editor of the ‘National Review’ in 1978.

He served as a television commentator for ‘Argonsky and Company’ (1977-84) and NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ from mid to late 1980’s. He has also been working as a news analyst for ABC since the early 1980’s.

Many controversies have surrounded him during his long and successful career. He, for one, was accused of being unprofessional and helping Ronald Reagan prepare for his 1980 presidential debate. Reagan’s opponent Jimmy Carter had also accused him of giving Ronald Reagan a top-secret briefing book that was apparently stolen from Carter’s office.

A highly successful journalist, his columns have appeared in over 450 newspapers and he has also appeared as a television commentator for various news channels.

His book on baseball, ‘Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball’ (1990), became a bestseller and reached the No. 1 position in the national bestseller list and stayed there for more than two months.