Otto Schulmeister
# Otto Schulmeister

Otto Schulmeister (1 April 1916 in Vienna - 10 August 2001 in Vienna) was an Austrian journalist, who was described as the doyen of Austrian journalism. He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989. He was the father of former ORF correspondent Paul Schulmeister, and economist Stephan Schulmeister. Formerly a NSDAP member, it was revealed in 2009 that he worked for the CIA from the 1960s.

## Awards

* 1979: Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik
* 1989: Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

## Works

* Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967
* Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970
* Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978
* Der zweite Anschluß, 1979
* Ernstfall Österreich, 1995

## Literature

* Theodor Venus (2007), "Schulmeister, Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 685–686; (full text online)
