Peggy Noonan — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to NBC News and ABC News.
Served as a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986.
Authored five New York Times bestsellers.
Wrote President Reagan's "The boys of Pointe du Hoc" speech and his Challenger disaster address, which is ranked as the eighth-best American political speech of the 20th century.
Coined "a kinder, gentler nation" and popularized "a thousand points of light" for George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign.
Received an Emmy Award nomination for her work on "America: A Tribute to Heroes" and the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1995.

Biography

Peggy Noonan is an American weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to NBC News and ABC News. Born on September 7, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a newswriter at WEEI Radio in Boston and later worked as a daily commentary writer for Dan Rather at CBS News. From 1978 to 1979, she was an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.

Noonan served as a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986.