Adolph S. Ochs - Hastings-on-Hudson, NY - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Adolph Simon Ochs was born in Cincinnati Ohio in 1858. Both his parents were Jewish emigrants from Germany. After the Civil War, the family moved to Knoxville Tennessee where the eleven-year-old Adolph began working at the Knoxville Chronicle newspaper as a clerk. Thus began his long and illustrious career in the newspaper business.

After some formal education in Rhode Island, Ochs returned to the Knoxville Chronicle working in the composing room. At the age of nineteen, and with $250 he had saved, he bought a controlling interest in the Chattanooga Times newspaper and became its publisher. His success in Chattanooga allowed him to purchase the failing New York Times in 1896 where he became publisher and owner - positions he held until his death in 1935.

Ochs is generally credited with the creation of the famous New York Times slogan “All the News That's Fit to Print” which first appeared on February 10, 1897. Around that time a contest was held offering $100 to anyone who could come up with a better slogan. Over 8000 suggestions were received but the Times stuck with Ochs’ original slogan. Personally, I don’t understand why any of the following actual submissions were rejected:

“Bright as a star and there you are.”

“Full of meat, clean and neat.”

“Yours neatly, sweetly, and completely.”

“The news of the day; not the rubbish.”


(Sources: wikipedia.com, nytimes.com.)

Description: The Adolph S. Ochs mausoleum is located in Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Date of birth: 03/12/1858 Date of death: 04/08/1935 Area of notoriety: Other Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (closed Saturdays) Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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