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Born in New York City , he was the son of architect Ely Jacques Kahn . He attended the Horace Mann School and Harvard University , where he took his B.A. in 1937 . He was hired by The New Yorker in 1937 and his first byline appeared there in the April 3 , 1937 issue. Before World War II , he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 . His Army experience marked resulted in ''The New Yorker'' publishing thirty-nine of his pieces on Army life; they were later collected in book form. His long career with the magazine resulted in numerous books on such varied subjects as Coca Cola , Leslie McNair , the Trust Territory Of The Pacific , Harvard University , Herbert Bayard Swope , Frank Sinatra , Dwayne O. Andreas of Archer Daniels Midland , and the Postal Inspection Service . He taught writing at Columbia University from 1974 to 1977 . His book'' About'' The New Yorker ''and Me'' (New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1979 ) is a diary interspersed with memories of his life, the magazine, and its editor William Shawn --who Kahn calls "The Iron Mouse." KAHN'S BOOKS
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