Austin Kiplinger is Chairman of the Kiplinger Washington Editors and editor emeritus of The Kiplinger Washington Letter, the most widely read business and economics forecasting publication in the world. His career has spanned more than five decades as a reporter, broadcast commentator and editor, specializing in business and political affairs. Mr. Kiplinger helped launch Changing Times, the nation’s first magazine of personal money management, now titled Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. A native of Washington, DC, Mr. Kiplinger graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in 1939 and did graduate study in economics at Harvard University. He holds honorary degrees from Union College, Embrey Riddle Aeronautical University, Bryant College, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Ohio State University and the University of Idaho.