[1] After attending the University of Pennsylvania for undergraduate work (1906) and law school (1909),[1] Stern got his start in the newspaper field in 1908 with a reporter position at the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
And in June 1928, after the death of publisher Rodman Wanamaker, Stern purchased The Philadelphia Record with the help of $2.5 million loan from businessman Albert M.
[7] Stern was an early supporter of labor, and in 1934 the first to enter into a collective bargaining agreement with his editorial staff.
[4] Stern announced publicly that he had made a "grave mistake in recognizing the Guild".
[8] Stern wrote a science fiction novel published in 1952, Eidolon: A Philosophical Phantasy Built on a Syllogism.
[8] Their son David Stern III, also in the newspaper business, was the creator of Francis the Talking Mule.