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Stanley Asimov (/ˈæzɪmɒv/; July 25, 1929 – August 16, 1995) was an American journalist and vice-president of the Long Island Newsday.[25].

Early life
Asimov was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 25, 1929.

Asimov's parents were Anna Rachel (née Berman) and Judah Asimov, a family of Russian-Jewish millers. He was the brother of author Isaac Asimov[1] and Marcia Minnie Repanes.

After becoming established in the U.S., his parents owned a succession of candy stores in which everyone in the family was expected to work.

Asimov graduated from New York University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 1952.

Career
Asimov began his career on the Long Island Newsday as a reporter in 1952, covering local politics. He also served as a copy editor, night city editor, up to assistant managing editor before being named assistant to the publisher in 1969. He served in executive posts responsible for, at various times, development, planning, recruitment and new technology. As a vice president, he helped assemble the staff that won numerous awards, including several Pulitzer prizes. He retired in 1992 as vice president for editorial administration.

For more than 20 years, Mr. Asimov instructed and counseled aspiring journalists at Columbia.

After retiring, he edited a collection of letters by the author Isaac Asimov, his late brother, titled "Yours, Isaac Asimov," published posthumously by Doubleday in October of 1995.

Death
Asimov died August 16, 1995 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan of leukemia.