sentences:  Yardley graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was the editor of the student newspaper, "The Daily Tar Heel", in 1961.Yardley is married to biographer/novelist Marie Arana, the former editor of "Washington Post Book World".His sons, Jim Yardley and William Yardley, with his first wife Rosemary Roberts, are "New York Times" reporters, and William writes for the "Los Angeles Times" as well.