Editing Arthur Golden (section)

==Early life==
Golden was born in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], the son of [[Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg|Ruth (née Sulzberger)]] and Ben Hale Golden.<ref name=NYTObitRuth>{{Cite web|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|title=Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, Newspaper Publisher Born for the Job, Dies at 96|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 19, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/ruth-sulzberger-holmberg-newspaper-publisher-dies-at-96.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well}}</ref><ref name=NYTObitBen>{{Cite web|title=Ben Hale Golden, Ex‐Publisher Of Chattanooga Times, 59, Dies |work=The New York Times|date=March 15, 1970|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/15/archives/ben-hale-golden-expublisher-of-chattanooga-times-59-dies.html}}</ref> His mother was [[American Jews|Jewish]]. His father was not.<ref name=NYTObitRuth /> Through his mother he is a member of the [[Ochs (surname)|Ochs]]-[[Sulzberger]] family.<ref name=NYTObitRuth /> His mother was a daughter of long-time ''New York Times'' publisher [[Arthur Hays Sulzberger]] and granddaughter of ''New York Times'' owner and publisher [[Adolph Ochs]].<ref name=NYMAGClan>[http://nymag.com/news/articles/08/10/20081013_sulzberger.pdf New York Magazine: "Children of the Times - Who’s who in the Ochs-Sulzberger clan"] retrieved September 27, 2015</ref> His parents divorced when he was eight years old. His father died five years after. He was raised in [[Lookout Mountain, Georgia]] and attended Lookout Mountain Elementary School in [[Lookout Mountain, Tennessee]].

Golden spent his middle and high school years at the [[Baylor School]] (then a boys-only school for day and boarding students) in Chattanooga, graduating in 1974 before attending [[Harvard University]] and receiving a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art.{{cn|date=December 2022}} In 1980, he earned an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Japanese history at [[Columbia University]], and also learned [[Mandarin Chinese]]. After a summer at [[Peking University]] in [[Beijing]], China, Golden worked in [[Tokyo]], before returning to the United States, where he earned an M.A. in English at [[Boston University]].