ANDREW ROSS SORKIN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TO EXPLORE THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF MARKETS IN "THE FEAR ECONOMY" AT WHITE PLAINS PUBLIC LIBRARY

Andrew Ross Sorkin, Chief Mergers and Acquisitions Reporter for The New York Times will explore "The Fear Economy: A Discussion about The Markets and an Uncertain Future" at The White Plains Public Library on Thursday evening, November 15th at 7:30pm. The program, which will be followed by a reception, is presented by The White Plains Library Foundation as a tribute to Mr. Sorkin’s grandmother, Barbara Ross, in recognition of three decades of valuable volunteer service to the Library.

For more than 30 years, the Library staff could be certain that, "if Barbara Ross is here, it must be Wednesday!" She took care of many details which helped the Administration Department run smoothly, giving her time each week under three Library Directors, Mae Virginia Valencik, Orrin Dow and Sandra Miranda. Her "to do" list was extensive, and included analyzing payroll costs for Sundays and holidays, verifying part-time time sheets and maintaining the petty cash account. In addition, she was a valued member of the Board of the Friends of the White Plains Public Library for many years. She and her husband Chester are long-time residents of White Plains, and very active in community affairs.

Andrew Ross Sorkin was appointed chief mergers and acquisitions reporter of The New York Times in July 2000 after having served as the newspaper’s European mergers and acquisitions

reporter based in London, England since July 1999. Mr. Sorkin is also the editor of DealBook (www.nytimes.com/dealbook), an online daily financial report published by The Times.

Mr. Sorkin has broken news of major mergers and acquisitions in the pages of The Times. He exclusively reported that Chase would acquire J.P. Morgan, ending the independence of Wall Street’s most storied bank. He also spearheaded The Times’ coverage of Vodafone AirTouch’s $183 billion hostile bid for Mannesmann, resulting in the world’s largest takeover ever and a dramatic corporate brawl for control of Europe’s wireless networks.

He won the Publisher’s Award for his deal coverage from The Times in November. Mr. Sorkin was also named one of the 30 most influential business journalists under the age of 30 in the nation by TJFR in April 2001.

Mr. Sorkin began writing for The Times in 1995 under the most unusual circumstances; at the time he started writing for the paper he hadn’t yet graduated from high school. He began by writing media and technology articles while assisting Stuart Elliott, The Times’ advertising columnist. Mr. Sorkin continued to write for The Times while attending Cornell University.

In the summer of 1996, Mr. Sorkin worked for Business Week writing for the Up Front and People sections as well as authoring portions of Business Week’s Guide to Business School, 5th Edition. Mr. Sorkin returned to The Times in 1997 to write about media and technology while still at college and during the summer. He moved to London for part of 1998, writing about European business and technology for The Times before returning to Cornell to complete his studies.

Born in 1977, Mr. Sorkin graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. degree in May 1999. He also attended the English Law Program at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1998 and the Annual Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.

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