Diane Straus

Diane Straus was born on October 23, 1951 in Manhattan, New York City.[1] Her father, R. Peter Straus, was the owner of radio station; he later remarried Monica Lewinsky's mother, making Lewinsky Diane's stepsister.[1] Her mother, Ellen Sulzberger Straus, was The New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger's cousin, making him Straus's great-cousin.[1] Her paternal great-grandfather, Nathan Straus, was the owner of Macy's.

Straus graduated from Yale University in 1973.[1][2]

Straus was the publisher of The American Prospect.[1] She was also the group publisher of Manhattan Media, the publisher of The Westchester and Fairfield County Times, The Westchester Wag, Trader Publications, and The Cranford Citizen and Chronicle.[2] From 2008 to 2017, she was the publisher of Washington Monthly.[1] She served on the editorial board of The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP, and Yale Alumni Magazine.[2]

Straus was an avid platform player, winning "29 National Championships with 12 different partners, including six Women's titles and two Mixed titles."[3] She was inducted into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame at the Platform Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame in Scarsdale, New York in 2004.[3]

Straus worked on Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.[1]

Straus married Carll Tucker, who founded The Daily Voice.[2] They had two sons, Peter and David, and a daughter, Rebecca.[2] They later divorced.[2]

Straus died of cancer on December 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C., at age 66.[1]