Jerry Nachman

ABOUT JERRY NACHMAN

Former editor-in-chief and vice president of MSNBC whose stack of awards includes a Peabody Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and an Emmy Award.

He attended Youngstown State University for seven years but never graduated.

He twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.

He married, and then later divorced, Nancy Cook.

He was a character in the 2013 play Lucky Guy, which starred actor Tom Hanks .