Mark K. Updegrove

President & CEO, LBJ Foundation

Mark K. Updegrove is a presidential historian and the author of five books on the presidency. He currently serves as the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and is a presidential historian. Earlier in his career, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library and publisher of Newsweek. He has interviewed seven US presidents.

About

Mark K. Updegrove is a presidential historian and the author of five books on the presidency, including Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House, Baptism By Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Of ice During Times of Crisis, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency, The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and, most recently, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency.

He currently serves as the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and is a presidential historian. Earlier in his career, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library and publisher of Newsweek. He has interviewed seven US presidents.

Published Works

  • Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House (Lyons Press, 2006)

  • Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis (St. Martin’s Press, 2009)

  • Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency (Crown, 2012)

  • The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush (Harper Collins, 2017)

  •  Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency (Dutton, 2021)