Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1899, July 12 | Born, South Bethlehem, Pa. |
| 1917 | Graduated Thacher School, Ojai, Calif. Private, American Ambulance Service, 41st French Division |
| 1923 | B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1924 | Reporter, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. |
| 1929 | Married Marcia Gluck Zimbalist Clarke (divorced 1946) |
| 1930 | Published Through-Traffic (New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 307 pp.) Published The Abominable Branch (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 286 pp.) British version of Through-Traffic |
| 1930-1937 | Staff writer, Fortune magazine |
| 1931 | Published "California Spring," American Caravan, Vol. IV, pp. 336-343 |
| 1937-1940 | Managing editor, Fortune magazine |
| 1940 | Coordinator and speech writer, Wendell Willkie presidential campaign |
| 1941-1944 | Chairman, board of editors, Fortune magazine |
| 1942-1944 | Chief editorial writer, Life magazine |
| 1944 | Published My Country (New York: Simon and Schuster. 62 pp.) |
| 1945 | War correspondent with 11th Armored Division, U. S. Army, in Germany |
| 1947 | Director, Experimental Magazine Division, Time, Inc. Consultant, Columbia Broadcasting System |
| 1948-1949 | Editor and moderator, Life magazine round tables |
| 1949-1951 | Special projects editor, Fortune magazine |
| 1950 | Founded Institute For Creative Research, New York, N.Y. |
| 1951 | Editor in charge, U.S.A., The Permanent Revolution (New York: Prentice-Hall. 267 pp.), originally published as special issue of Fortune, Feb. 1940 |
| 1952 | Executive director, Institute For Creative Research, New York, N.Y. Married Natalie Potter Ladd |
| 1954, Apr. 19 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
| 1955 | Published posthumously The Dignity of Man (New York: Harper and Brothers. 338 pp.) |