Harry Hurt III

Harry Hunt III
Born (1951-11-13) November 13, 1951 (age 72)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
  • Author
  • journalist
Alma materChoate School
Harvard College
Spouse
Alison Becker
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(m. 1993)​
ParentsHarry Hurt Jr.
Margaret (Birting) Hurt

Harry Hurt III (born November 13, 1951)[1] is an American author and journalist. He was formerly senior editor of the Texas Monthly and a Newsweek correspondent, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Playboy. His books include Texas Rich, a biography of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and family; and Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (1993), an unauthorized biography of real estate mogul and 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.

Hurt was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Margaret (Birting) Hurt and Harry Hurt Jr., who was president of Hurt Oil Company in Houston.[2][1] He graduated from Choate School in 1969 and Harvard College in 1974, where he wrote for the Harvard Crimson.[1][3] He worked for the Texas Monthly in Austin, serving as senior editor from 1975 to 1986. He later moved to Sag Harbor, New York, and married Alison Becker in 1993.[2][1] He also had an early career in professional golf, which he revisited in the mid-1990s in writing Chasing the Dream: A Mid-life Quest for Fame and Fortune on the Pro Golf Circuit.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Rogers, Ken (1994). "Hurt, Harry III". In Olendorf, Donna (ed.). Contemporary Authors. Vol. 143. Gale Research Inc. pp. 201-202. ISBN 0-8103-5554-X.
  2. ^ a b Brady, Lois Smith (15 August 1993). "VOWS; Alison Becker, Harry Hurt 3d". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Lippman, Daniel (November 13, 2017). "Birthday of the Day: Harry Hurt III, journalist, private tutor and golf guru". POLITICO.
  4. ^ Winzelberg, David (July 20, 1997). "After 25 Years, a Once-Promising Golfer Resurrects His Game". The New York Times.