Marshall Field V

Life Director

Marshall Field V was born on May 13, 1941, in Charlottesville, Virginia, attended St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.

Field then attended Harvard College, where he was a member of the Lampoon and had a summer internship in the editorial department of the Boston Globe. After graduating from Harvard in 1963 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts, Field worked in New York City for the book publishing firm of Random House and later joined the circulation staff of the New York Herald-Tribune.

Upon the death of his father in 1965, Field entered the family business, Field Enterprises, Inc., in Chicago. In October, 1969, he was elected Publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News, both of which were owned by Field Enterprises. He was 28 years old, the youngest publisher of any major newspaper in the United States. He remained Publisher until 1980. In 1972, Field became Chairman of Field Enterprises, a post he held until the company was dissolved 12 years later. Field is also Chairman and President of The Old Mountain Company, Inc. which manages his private investments.