The National Civic Art Society is proud to announce that it has appointed Myron Magnet as its Research Fellow. A journalist and historian, Magnet is editor-at-large of City Journal magazine and was editor from 1994 through 2006. As editor, he oversaw special issues for which he commissioned designs for a new classical Lincoln Center, an inspiring new development at Ground Zero (including classical monuments by Alexander Stoddart), and proposed skyscrapers featuring traditional architecture.
A former member of the board of editors of Fortune, Magnet has written about a wide variety of topics, from American society and social policy, economics, and corporate management to intellectual history, literature, architecture, and the country’s founding. In addition to his many City Journal and Fortune articles, Magnet has written for The Wall Street Journal, New Criterion, and New York Times, among others. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs.
Among Magnet's most recent books is The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817, which examines how the homes of the Founding Fathers reflect their values and ideals, as well as their aspirations for the new nation.
Magnet holds B.A.s from Columbia University and the University of Cambridge, as well as an M.A. from Cambridge and a Ph.D. from Columbia, where he taught for several years.
In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded Magnet the National Humanities Medal.