Editing Roger Lowenstein (section)

{{short description|American financial journalist}}
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'''Roger Lowenstein''' (born 1954) is an American financial [[journalism|journalist]] and writer. He graduated from [[Cornell University]] and reported for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' for more than a decade, including two years writing its ''[[Heard on the Street]]'' column, 1989 to 1991. Born in 1954, he is the son of Helen and [[Louis Lowenstein (lawyer)|Louis Lowenstein]] of Larchmont, New York. Lowenstein is married to Judith Slovin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/fashion/weddings/16slov.html|title=Judith Slovin, Roger Lowenstein|work=The New York Times|date=2005-01-16}}</ref>

He is also a director of [[Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb|Sequoia Fund]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sequoiafund.com/About|title=About : SEQUOIA|website=www.sequoiafund.com}}</ref> In 2016, he joined the board of trustees of [[Lesley University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesley.edu/board-of-trustees/|title=Board of Trustees - Lesley University|website=www.lesley.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-02}}</ref> His father, the late Louis Lowenstein, was an [[lawyer|attorney]] and [[Columbia University]] law professor who wrote books and articles critical of the American [[financial industry]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Louis Lowenstein, Professor of Business Law and Critic of Wall St., Dies at 83|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|date=April 25, 2009|accessdate=April 27, 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/business/26lowenstein.html}}</ref>

Roger Lowenstein's latest book, ''Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War'', was released on March 8, 2022,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foner |first=Eric |date=March 8, 2022 |title=The Hidden Story of the North's Victory in the Civil War |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/books/review/ways-and-means-roger-lowenstein.html |access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref> and won the 2022 Harold Holzer Lincoln Forum Book Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title= Harold Holzer Lincoln Forum Book Prize|url= https://www.thelincolnforum.org/harold-holzer-book-award}}</ref>