Joseph Judge
Joseph Judge (February 4, 1928—April 20, 1996) was a writer and editor for National Geographic magazine, retiring as Senior Associate Editor in 1990 after 25 years of service.
Early life
Judge was born in Washington, D.C. His parents were
Government career
Judge returned to Washington to work as a special assistant at the
National Geographic career
As a writer for National Geographic, Judge wrote articles on
During his tenure as Senior Associate Editor (1985–1990), Judge was noted for taking on controversial topics, including disputes about the discovery of America and the discovery of the North Pole. Under his leadership, the magazine also made efforts to attract a younger and more urbanized audience. Judge was ousted from National Geographic in April 1990 (along with many other members of the editorial staff, including editor Wilbur E. Garrett) as
In November 1986, after five years of research, Judge wrote and published Columbus's First Landfall in the New World which advocated
In 1983,
But the magazine quickly backtracked from Herbert's position, apparently under pressure. Within months, National Geographic Society had hired another group of experts, the
Other works and retirement
Following his retirement from National Geographic, Judge was the author of Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington (Rockbridge, 1994), about the exploits of
His son, Mark Judge, also became a journalist, and wrote a book called God and Man at Georgetown Prep: How I Became a Catholic Despite 20 Years of Catholic Schooling,[2] describing how his father's Catholicism helped him regain his faith later in life. Another son, Joseph Mitchell Judge, is curator of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum.
References
- ^ Judge, Mark Gauvreau (Spring 2005), "My Favorite Teacher: Brashness + Tradition", Catholic University of America Magazine, Catholic University of America, archived from the original on March 16, 2016, retrieved September 21, 2018
- ^ Judge, Mark Gauvreau (July 1, 2005). God and Man at Georgetown Prep: How I Became a Catholic Despite 20 Years of Catholic Schooling. The Crossroad Publishing Company.
External links
- "Joseph Judge, 68, Writer and Editor". The New York Times. April 29, 1996.