Donovan, Hedley Williams

Hedley Williams Donovan
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Name	Donovan, Hedley Williams Gender: M
Birthname	Hedley Williams Donovan
born on	24 May 1914 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place	Brainerd MN, USA, 46n21, 94w12
Timezone	CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data	02°37' 27°39 Asc. 13°15'

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Biography

American journalist and publishing executive, he presided as Editor-in-Chief over the Time, Inc.empire, which included Time, Fortune and Sports Illustrated and other magazines. He took on the role in 1964 and held the position for 15 years. After his retirement in 1979 he worked for one year as an advisor to President Jimmy Carter.

After his magna cum laude graduation in 1934 from the University of Minnesota, he earned his master's degree from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He landed a job as a reporter with the Washington Post where he stayed for five years until WWII interrupted. He joined the US Navy and after the war, in 1945, he took a job with Fortune magazine as a writer. In 1953 he became the editor of the magazine and was soon tapped to be the heir to Henry Luce, Time Inc.'s founder.

Donovan's wife Dorothy died in 1978; they had three chldren.

He suffered from an unnamed chronic lung condition and died from a complicating infection on August 13, 1990 in a Manhattan hospital.

Events

• Death by Disease 13 August 1990 at 12:00 noon in New york, New york (From an infection, age 76)
• Death of Mate 1978

• Work : New Job 1945 (With Fortune magazine)

• Work : Gain social status 1953 (Named Editor of Fortune magazine)

• Work : Gain social status 1964 (Editor-in-Chief of Time, Inc.)

• Work : Retired 1979 (From the news business)

Source Notes

Steinbrecher Collection: Gauquelin Book of American Charts

Categories

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Journalist)

• Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Publishing executive, editor)

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)

• Family : Relationship : Widowed

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Lung (Chronic lung problem)