Peter R. Kann is a journalist

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, editor

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, and businessman. He covered the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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 for The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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and also covered other Asian wars. He earned a Pulitzer

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 in 1972 for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

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 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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. In 1976 he became the first editor

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 and publisher of The Wall Street Journal Asia

The Wall Street Journal Asia

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. He returned to the United States in 1976. He was named publisher of The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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 in 1988. From 1992 until 2006 he was CEO and chairman of the board

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 of Dow Jones & Company

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He is married to Karen Elliott House

Karen Elliott House

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He is a Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study

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,Trustee

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 Emeritus

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 of the Asia Society

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, and adjunct faculty at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

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