San Francisco Chronicle Toasts 98-Year-Old Outgoing Science Editor David Perlman

His final day at the paper is today

David Perlman is finally retiring from the San Francisco Chronicle.

As the paper’s urban design critic John King notes in the paper’s farewell piece, even as recently as a year ago, Perlman, 98, wasn’t too keen on the idea of exiting. But it’s time. Today is his final day at the paper. He will continue as science editor emeritus:

Born in Baltimore, Perlman grew up in Manhattan, and studied government and journalism at Columbia University before nabbing a job as a copy boy at The Chronicle in 1940.

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