- He graduated from Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, with a Bachelor's degree. He later taught a class in non-fiction writing there.
- He graduated from Princeton High School in Princeton, NJ, in 1948.
- He graduated with a Master's degree from Cambridge University in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
- He was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the General Category.
- As of December 2010 he was living in Princeton, NJ.
- He was awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Price in Non-Fiction.
- He was nominated for the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters Category.
- He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to Arts and Literature.
- He was nominated for the 2022 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.
- He was nominated for the 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts & Letters category.
- He was nominated for the 2024 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts & Letters category.
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