Laurence Irwin Barrett (born September 6, 1935) is an American journalist and author associated with Time, for whom he worked from 1965 until his retirement in 1993.
Background and personal life Barrett graduated from New York University (1956) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1957). He married Martha Patterson in 1988, his previous marriage having ended in divorce. New York Times, July 25, 1988, His first marriage of 25 years was to Paulette Singer Barrett, with whom he has three sons; Paul, David, and Adam. Martha Patterson Wed To Laurence I. BarrettR. Reginald (1979), Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700–1974, Volume Two of Two, contains Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II, Gale Research, p808-9 His first marriage of 25 years was to Paulette Singer Barrett.
Career Barrett joined the New York Herald Tribune in 1957 and covered New York City Hall issues for the paper from 1959 to 1962Time, October 20, 1975, A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 20, 1975 before becoming its Washington correspondent.Laurence Barrett, The Victoria Advocate, December 26, 1964, What Mr. McNamara Means He published The Mayor of New York, a novel, in 1965.
Barrett joined Time in 1965,John A. Meyers, August 28, 1978, A Letter From The Publisher and, after being a senior editor for six years, returned to reporting in early 1975 as head of its New York office.CNN, LAURENCE I. BARRETT He was Time'''s White House correspondent from 1981 to 1985, and then its national political correspondent,Robert L. Miller, Time, March 21, 1988, A Letter From the Publisher: Mar. 21, 1988 before becoming deputy Washington bureau chief. He returned to the position of national political correspondent in mid-1991. Barrett retired from Time in 1993.Laurence I. Barrett, Newsday, November 27, 1999, The Other Brother
In 1983 Barrett published Gambling with History: Reagan in the White House, based on "unusual access to internal deliberations" for a period of two years. Revelations included Richard Darman's successful attempt to stall the invocation of Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution when President Reagan was receiving treatment following the 1981 assassination attempt on him.William Safire, St Petersburg Times, June 7, 1983, The disturbing way the White House ignored 'Section 4' The book also revealed what became known as "Debategate" - the theft of papers by the Reagan campaign from the Carter campaign during the 1980 presidential election.Victor Wilson, The Telegraph-Herald, July 17, 1983, A 'Gambling' View of the White House
Retirement After his retirement in 1993, Barrett became vice president of a Washington public relations firm,New York Times, August 22, 1999, WEDDINGS; Julie Cohen, Paul M. Barrett and a member of the advisory board of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism.Washington Center for Politics & Journalism, Advisory Board
Books The Mayor of New York, Doubleday, 1965 Gambling with History: Reagan in the White House'', Doubleday, 1983
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