Louis Menand
American essayist and professor
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and professor who wrote the Pulitzer-winning book The Metaphysical Club, an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th- and early 20th-century America. Wikipedia
Born: 1952 (age 72 years), Syracuse, NY
Education: Columbia University (1980), Harvard Law School (1973–1974), and Pomona College (1973)
Spouse: Alison Simmons
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for History (2002) and National Humanities Medal (2015)