Win McCormack

Win McCormack (Winthrop Laflin McCormack) is an American banking heir, political activist, publisher, and editor from Oregon.

He is editor-in-chief of Tin House[1] magazine and Tin House Books, the former publisher of Oregon Magazine, founder and treasurer of MediAmerica, Inc., and a co-founder of Mother Jones magazine. He serves on the board of directors of the journal New Perspectives Quarterly.[2] His political and social writings have appeared in Oregon Humanities, Tin House, The Nation,[3] The Oregonian, and Oregon Magazine. McCormack's investigative coverage of the Rajneeshee movement was awarded a William Allen White Commendation from the University of Kansas and the City and Regional Magazine Association.

As a political activist, McCormack served as Chair of the Oregon Steering Committee for Gary Hart's 1984 presidential campaign. He was chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon's President's Council and a member of the Obama for President Oregon Finance Committee. Additionally, McCormack sits on the Board of Overseers for Emerson College,[4] and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles–based Liberty Hill Foundation.[5]

In February 2016, McCormack purchased The New Republic magazine from Chris Hughes.[6][7][8]

Early life and family

McCormack is the son of attorney Alfred McCormack and Winifred Byron Smith McCormack.[9]

Reed Magazine reports that, after his mother’s death, he inherited money that helped him acquire Oregon Times magazine.[10] He has been described as “an heir to a midwestern banking fortune.”[11] On his mother’s side, a published genealogy identifies Winifred Byron Smith as the child of Walter Byron Smith.[12] A contemporary profile of Walter Byron Smith states that he was the second son of Byron Laflin Smith, who founded The Northern Trust Company in 1889.[13][14]

Education

He received an A.B. from Harvard College and an MFA from the University of Oregon.[15]

Fraud Case

In 2024, McCormack's chauffeurs were arrested for allegedly defrauding him of over $34 million over the course of seven years. McCormack is the heir to a midwest banking fortune, and claimed he did not often check charges made to his account.[16]

Books

  • 2008 You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values. Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books. ISBN 978-1-135-89772-7.
  • 2010 The Rajneesh Chronicles. Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books. ISBN 978-0-9825691-9-1.

References

  1. ^ "WIN MCCORMACK". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  2. ^ "NPQ". Digitalnpq.org. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ^ "Deconstructing the Election". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  4. ^ "About Emerson | Emerson College". Emerson.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  5. ^ About: History, Liberty Hill Foundation website, Undated. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ Byers, Dylan (26 February 2016). "The New Republic is sold by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  7. ^ Trotter, J.K. "Chris Hughes Sells The New Republic to Win McCormack". Gawker. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. ^ Alpert, Lukas I. "Chris Hughes Sells New Republic to Liberal Publisher Win McCormack". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Former Director of Intelligence". The New York Times. 1956-07-12.
  10. ^ "Win/Win". Reed Magazine. Reed College. 2018-05-23.
  11. ^ "Stephen Elliott and the 'Shitty Media Men' List Go to Court". New York Magazine. 2022-10-25.
  12. ^ Laflin, Louis Ellsworth (1930). Laflin Genealogy (PDF). Chicago.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ "Walter Byron Smith" (PDF). The Northwestern Banker. May 1945.
  14. ^ "Our History". Northern Trust.
  15. ^ "Home". Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  16. ^ Bernstein, Maxine (2024-01-25). "Chauffeurs accused of stealing $34M from Oregon publishing magnate in 'colossal heist'". oregonlive. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
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