Thomas Feyer (born June 2, 1953) is a Hungarian-born American journalist who is letters editor of ''

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Early life and education

Born Fehér Tamás in

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, Feyer fled Hungary for Austria with his parents in 1956, emigrated to the United States in 1957 and was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1962. He grew up in

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and

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and graduated from

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. He earned a B.A. in history from

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in 1975 and graduated from the

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in 1976.

Career

Feyer worked at the

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for four years, then became an editor at the ''New York Times'' in 1980, working primarily on the foreign desk, and letters editor in 1999. Two other editors assist him in choosing 10 to 15 to publish from the approximately 1,000 received every day.

References

1953 births Living people Princeton University alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni American male journalists Hungarian emigrants to the United States Journalists from Budapest {{US-journalist-1950s-stub