Gary G. Yerkey
Gary G. Yerkey is an American author and journalist born in Chicago. He lives in Washington, D.C., and writes for The Christian Science Monitor and other publications. He earned a BA in philosophy from Ripon College and did postgraduate work at the American University of Beirut. Yerkey spent more than ten years reporting from Europe and the Middle East for Time Life, ABC News, The Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune, and other U.S. outlets. He was also a staff reporter for Bloomberg BNA, covering Congress and the Executive Branch. Yerkey has reported from many countries including India, Morocco, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Colombia, Canada, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia, and he has written profiles of people such as jazz drummer Art Taylor, civil rights leader John Lewis, and Mexican poet and activist Homero Aridjis. He served in the U.S. Air Force and is a former pilot. In 2015, he was among the civil rights activists who received the Congressional Gold Medal for participating in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. In 2024, Ripon College awarded him a Distinguished Alumni Citation.
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