A Man of Substance

摘要

Henry Grunwald arrived at Time magazine as a part-time copy boy in 1944 at the age of 22. He was a Jewish immigrant with a thick Austrian accent. In that era, Time was staffed by Protestants who had gone to Yale, or at least it seemed that way. Grunwald quickly rose above them; he became, at 28, the youngest senior editor in Time's history. In 1968, he was chosen to be the magazine's managing editor; in 1979 he became editor in chief of all Time Inc. magazines, including People, Fortune and Sports Illustrated. Grunwald, who died last week of a heart ailment at the age of 82, succeeded because he was smarter and more gracious than most, but also because he was immensely curious about everything. He cherished old truths and timeless beauty, but he was unafraid of the new.