february january journalist magazine editor best known managing editor sports_illustrated time oversaw growth magazine niche publication industry leader weekly sports magazines leadership annual sports_illustrated published retired managing editor magazine issues record magazines published time inc parent company early life family born june england english wife oldest children younger brother younger sister father french diplomatic corps family moved frequently early years age lived england france syria summer father took post french general san_francisco family lived upper class neighborhood attended number private schools including san_francisco fan american sports especially baseball job journalism san_francisco_chronicle sent england school graduated having earned declined oxford_university instead preferring pursue career journalist enrolled correspondence course took job book store support early career military service worked hard years freelance journalist began noticed writing wrote english language french language publications covered munich agreement french daily paris world war broke enlisted corporal assignment patrol later served liaison british forces remained forced retreat stayed british forces evacuation evacuated evacuation ship sunk rescued british destroyer bleeding heavily neck wound credited rescue ease english language took british criticised later years refusing help drowned rescue recovery injuries days famous june 18th speech given option discharged duties join free french forces chose assigned guarding headquarters post wrote letter suggesting techniques improve morale free french troops took immediate notice making assistant chief press months moved chief position making primary press liaison followed travels north_africa inspect free french forces washington visit american president stayed staff war interviewing head time inc left service accept job writing time magazine time began time career magazine european working mainly time paris bureau paris citizens frequent dinner guest maintained connection sports acquired youth san_francisco sports reporter paris based english language writing horse racing column pseudonym attracting attention time inc brass promoted paris bureau chief december brought new_york time founder special year assignment work main time offices returned europe serve london bureau chief sudden death paris bureau chief given position time held posts simultaneously time bureau chief london paris spent time writing favorite subject sports magazine covered winter olympics switzerland summer olympics finland early accepted temporary assignment head contingent writers cover winter olympics italy time inc fledgling sports_illustrated started years earlier article magazine piece dominance soviet_union winter olympics months later installed assistant managing editor sports_illustrated june married princess russian princess descendant couple met working general reporter time daughters sports_illustrated assistant managing editor major assignment head team reporters photographers covering summer olympics melbourne australia traveling british track field star man history run competition mile minutes eventually succeed managing editor sports_illustrated managing editor promoted managing editor sports_illustrated years assistant managing editor time magazine instrumental saving took financially publication serve managing editor fourteen years leading magazine total issues record managing editors tenure circulation grew issues advertising budget grew million million altered look feel magazine changing focus lifestyle magazine focused leisure sports covered major american team sports time television vastly altered way sports covered kept sports_illustrated head growth interest sports placed heavy emphasis use color photography late deadline magazine date visually appealing hired encouraged writers masters prose emphasizing writing crop writers brought magazine including helped change way people wrote sports guarded personal life worked closely years looked mentor said fascinating withdrawn friends chose magnetic publisher called powerful personality called close self contained man forbidding despite reserve personality dominating strength leadership curious enduring innovations sports_illustrated issue winter months college bowl season start major_league_baseball spring training slow time sports journalism time winter team sports like basketball ice hockey regional niche sports little write instituted annual february issue titled fun sun sent staff exotic write photograph readers asked fashion reporter sports_illustrated beautiful place pretty girl cover year fun sun issue year issue featured pages girls predominantly featured travel writing including articles fish watching help year fun sun issue year sports_illustrated turn profit originally planned event convinced sports_illustrated art director bring lot assigned scout models locations issue contained article entitled nudity cult emphasized like writing previous fun sun issues evolved issue biggest selling issue magazine major cross publication fashion modeling worlds tenure managing editor profound effect issues year magazine years prior arrival magazine place major american team sports forefront example magazine years featured articles fishing professional football articles years term magazine published articles fishing published articles pro football changing types sports covered manner covered changed earlier managing editors magazine writing editorial staff organized department fashion department travel department sports department covered sports reorganized magazine giving sport separate department dedicated staff writers baseball department different boxing department pro football encouraged investigative journalism shy away controversial issues writer broke story point college basketball direction secrecy superiors magazine ran series experience black athletes america later years showed success magazine industry leader coverage mexico city olympics heavily criticized having stories time life magazines book titled girls office embarrassed treatment female employees including sports_illustrated women staff sports_illustrated signed petition demanding equal treatment relented promoting senior editor paying men position leadership direct challenge staff superiors january story highly critical quality writing corporate culture sports_illustrated september year asked step managing editor offered executive position corporate offices refused resignation complete february later career death retiring managing editor remained sports_illustrated order head group looking publishing international editions magazine offered job managing editor playboy insulted low salary offered turned job founded monthly horse racing magazine classic headed shortly death heart attack new_york january age
André Laguerre