Ogden R. Reid, the former editor of The Herald Tribune who represented congressional districts in Westchester County, N.Y., for 12 years, first as a Republican and then as Democrat, died on Saturday at his home in Waccabuc, N.Y. Mr. Reid was the scion of a newspaper publishing family whose grandfather was the editor and principal owner of the renowned New York Tribune and whose father merged it in the 1920s with the equally storied New York Herald to form The Herald Tribune. Mr. Reid was The Herald Tribune’s president and editor in the 1950s. Mr. Reid entered government service the next year when President Dwight D. Eisenhower named him ambassador to Israel. Some politicians saw the move as intending to help make Mr. Reid better known in the state should he seek elective office.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2019 16:30 UTC