death_place death_date years_active birth_place children other_names awards nationality parents birth_date known_for article_title name occupation alma_mater
southampton , new york 29 september 2012 1963 -- 1997 new york city , new york arthur sulzberger -lrb- 1952 -rrb- cynthia sulzberger -lrb- 1964 -rrb- cathy ochs sulzberger -lrb- 1949 , adopted -rrb- sulzberger jr. . -lrb- 1951 -rrb- karen punch pulitzer prize american arthur hays sulzberger iphigene bertha ochs 05 february 1926 publishing the pentagon papers arthur ochs sulzberger
 arthur ochs sulzberger newspaper publisher newspaper publisher columbia university
arthur ochs sulzberger

arthur ochs `` punch '' sulzberger sr. -lrb- february 5 , 1926 -- september 29 , 2012 -rrb- was an american publisher and businessman .
born into a prominent media and publishing family , he became publisher of `` the new york times '' and chairman of the board of the new york times company in 1963 .
he relinquished to his son , arthur ochs sulzberger jr. , the office of publisher in 1992 , and chairman in 1997 .
