Irving Kristol

ABOUT IRVING KRISTOL

An American columnist, editor, and journalist that founded and contributed to various political magazines.

He studied history and received his BA at City College of New York.

He was seen as the godfather of neoconservatism.

He married the historian Gertrude Himmelfarb in 1942 and the couple had two children together.

George W. Bush gave him the Medal of Freedom in 2002.