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==Legacy== [[File:ochsstamp.jpg|thumb|A 1976 [[United States Postal Service]] stamp commemorating Ochs]] Ochs' daughter, Iphigene Bertha Ochs, married [[Arthur Hays Sulzberger]], who became publisher of ''[[The New York Times]]'' following his death. Her son-in-law, [[Orvil Dryfoos]], was publisher of ''The New York Times'' from 1961 to 1963, and he was succeeded by her son, [[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger]]. Her daughter, Ruth Holmberg, became publisher of ''The Chattanooga Times''. Ruth Holmberg's son, [[Arthur Golden]], authored ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]''. [[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.]] served as publisher of ''The New York Times'' from 1992 until 2017, when he was succeeded by his own son, [[A. G. Sulzberger]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/business/media/a-g-sulzberger-new-york-times-publisher.html |title=A.G. Sulzberger, 37, Is Named Next Publisher of The New York Times |last=Ember |first=Sydney |date=December 14, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 14, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> One of Ochs's nephews, [[Julius Ochs Adler]], worked at ''The New York Times'' for more than 40 years, becoming general manager in 1935, after Ochs died. Another nephew, [[John Bertram Oakes]], the son of his brother [[George Washington Ochs Oakes]], in 1961 became editor of its editorial page, a position he held until 1976. Ochs was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1982. Another nephew, Adolph Shelby Ochs, was treasurer and a director of ''The Chattanooga Times''. He was married to Mrs. Theodosia Fitzgerald Gray of [[Danville, Virginia]], granddaughter of Dan River Inc. founder T.B. Fitzgerald, niece of Wachovia Bank founder James Alexander Gray and cousin of Bowman Gray Sr., former president and chairman of R. J. Reynolds.
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