A native of Cleveland, George E. Condon (C’70) has been a journalist for 54 years and has covered the White House for 43 years. In that time, he has reported from 88 countries, interviewed ten presidents (and seen an 11th when President John F. Kennedy drove past his high school).

That journalism career began at The Hoya, where he was managing editor. He graduated from the college with a BA in government. From there, he worked for the Plain Dealer both in Cleveland and as Columbus bureau chief before moving to San Diego to cover politics for the San Diego Union in 1978. He remained with the Copley organization until 2008, moving to Washington to be bureau chief for Copley in 1982. When the bureau closed in 2008, he joined National Journal as White House correspondent.

He headed the team at Copley that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2006 for stories that led to the conviction and imprisonment of Rep. Randy Duke Cunningham for corruption.

He also has served as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, 1993-94; president of the Gridiron Club, 2012; and chairman of the National Press Foundation, 2004-5.

He is co-author of The Wrong Stuff: The Extraordinary Saga of Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the Most Corrupt Congressman Ever Caught. He is currently writing a history of the White House Correspondents’ Association.