James Michaels

James Michaels (June 17, 1921 – October 2, 2007) was an American journalist and magazine editor. Michaels served as the longtime editor of Forbes Magazine from 1961 until his retirement in 1999. cite news |first=|last=|title= James W. Michaels, 86; former editor of Forbes|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-michaels5oct05,1,693358.story?coll=la-headlines-business|work= Bloomberg News |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=2007-10-05 |accessdate=2007-10-14]

Early life

James Michaels was born in Buffalo, New York, on June 17, 1921. He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1942. Michaels joined theU.S. military during World War II. He worked for the American Field Service as an ambulance driver during the war. He also worked with the British Army in Burma.

Career

Following World War II, Michaels obtained a job as a bureau chief with United Press New Delhi and Calcutta, India. He reported first hand on the 1948 assassination of Mohandas Gandhi. Michaels' dispatches from India are still taught in journalism anthologies of model reporting on deadline.

Michaels joined Forbes Magazine as a reporter in 1954. He specialized in covering mutual funds for the magazine. He was appointed to managing editor in 1957. He served in that position until 1961 when he was promoted to editor of Forbes Magazine.

Michaels retired from Forbes Magazine in 1999 and was succeeded as editor by William Baldwin. He left the magazine to become group vice president for editorial at Forbes Inc. His new responsibilities included expanding the Forbes parent company into new mediums including television, books and new media.

Death

James Michaels died in New York City of pneumonia on October 2, 2007. He was 86 years old. Michaels was a resident of Manhattan and Rhinebeck, New York, at the time of his death.

External links

* [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-michaels5oct05,1,693358.story?coll=la-headlines-business Los Angeles Times:James W. Michaels, 86; former editor of Forbes]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/business/04michaels.html?_r=1&oref=slogin New York Times: James Michaels, Longtime Forbes Editor, Dies at 86]
* [http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/10/03/michaels-forbes-obit-biz-media-cx_1003michaels1.html Forbes Magazine: James W. Michaels Is Dead At 86]

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