Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg

Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg (born Ruth Rachel Sulzberger; March 12, 1921 – April 20, 2017) was a newspaper publisher and member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family.

Biography Sulzberger was born to a Jewish family on March 12, 1921 in New York City, the second of four children of Iphigene Sulzberger (née Ochs) and Arthur Hays Sulzberger. Her father served as publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961 and her maternal grandfather was Adolph S. Ochs, the owner of The Chattanooga Times and The New York Times.

Sulzberger attended the Lincoln School and Brearley School; and then graduated from Smith College in 1943. They had four children before divorcing in 1965: Stephen Golden; Michael Golden; Lynn Golden Dolnick (married to Edward Dolnick); and Arthur Sulzberger Golden. In 1972, she married Albert William Holmberg Jr. who was initially in charge of production, advertising and circulation at the paper; and was later named president. She had three stepchildren from the marriage: Jeanne Holmberg Johnson, Meg Holmberg Duckworth and Elin Holmberg-Rowland.