Clay Felker is a magazine editor and journalist who founded New York Magazine in 1968. Born on October 2, 1928, in Webster Groves, Felker went on to attend Duke University, where he edited the student newspaper, The Chronicle. After graduating in 1951, Felker went on to work as a sportswriter for Life Magazine. He later worked for TIME, Esquire, and the New York Herald Tribune. A long-time friend of Tom Wolfe, Felker was one of the early proponents of New Journalism. After founding New York in 1968, one of his first features was Wolfe's coverage of Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, a story Wolfe later expanded into his novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Felker resigned from New York following its hostile takeover by Rupert Murdoch in 1976. Today Felker is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. New York Magazine was one of the first of the so-called lifestyle magazines. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Webster Groves is a city located in St. ... Duke Chapel Duke University is a private university located in Durham, North Carolina in the United States. ... The Chronicle is the name of the student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Sportswriting is a form of journalism who writes and reports on sports topics and events. ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ... The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper created in 1922 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. ... Tom Wolfe (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist. ... New Journalism was the name given to a style of news writing and journalism by Tom Wolfe who, when having trouble writing an assignment, sent his editor an unstructured narrative letter rather than the tight piece usually expected of a journalist of that time. ... New York Magazine was one of the first of the so-called lifestyle magazines. ... Ken Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, probably best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and as a cultural icon who some consider a link between the beat generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. ... The Merry Pranksters were a circle of people who collected around American novelist Ken Kesey and Beat literature figurehead Neal Cassady. ... The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test was the defining work of the young author Tom Wolfe. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931), Australian-born American media proprietor, is the major shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, University of California, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ...