Duncan Norton-Taylor Explained

Duncan Norton-Taylor
Birth Date:1904
Death Date:September 13,
Death Place:Easton, Maryland, US
Education:Brown University
Occupation:journalist, editor
Years Active:1939 - 1965
Employer:Time, Fortune
Spouse:Margaret Scott
Children:3

Duncan Norton-Taylor was an American journalist who was a senior editor at Time magazine and managing editor at Fortune magazine from the 1940s through the 1960s.[1]

Background

Norton-Taylor graduated Brown University, where he worked at The Brown Jug.

Career

Upon graduating, Norton-Taylor began work as a newspaper reporter.

He joined Time as a writer in 1939, the same year as his long-time colleague and friend, Whittaker Chambers. In 1940, William Saroyan lists him among "contributing editors" at Time in the play, Love's Old Sweet Song.[2] Norton-Taylor and Chambers both rose to become senior editors.

In 1951, Norton-Taylor became an editor at Fortune. In 1959, he became Fortune managing editor. In 1965, he stepped down and joined Fortunes board of editors.

In 2012, Fortune republished an article by Norton-Taylor called "How Top Executives Live" from 1955.[3]

Personal

Norton-Taylor married Margaret Scott. They had three daughters: Susan Norton-Taylor May, Nancy Norton-Taylor Tomson, and Joan Norton-Taylor. He lived in Oxford, Maryland in retirement from 1967 onwards. He died on Monday, September 13, 1982, at Memorial Hospital in nearby Easton, Maryland, after a stroke, aged 78. Surviving him were his wife, daughters, and nine grandchildren.

(His great-grandson, Scott Laudati,[4] is the author of "Hawaiian Shirts In The Electric Chair",[5] a book of poetry published in 2014 by Kuboa Press.)

Works

Norton-Taylor wrote and edited more than half a dozen books.

Books written

Books edited

Adaptations

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Duncan Norton-Taylor Dies; A Retired Editor of Fortune . New York Times . 18 September 1982 .
  2. Book: Saroyan, William . William Saroyan

    . William Saroyan . Love's Old Sweet Song: A Play in Three Acts . Samuel French . 72 . 1940 . 15 July 2017.

  3. Web site: Duncan . Norton-Taylor . How Top Executives Live . 1955 . 3 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121129024508/http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/06/classic-top-500-executives/ . 29 November 2012 . dead.
  4. Medium. https://medium.com/@scottlaudati
  5. Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Hawaiian-Shirts-Electric-Chair-Laudati/dp/0692338519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430471934&sr=8-1&keywords=scott+laudati
  6. Web site: With My Heart in My Mouth . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.
  7. Web site: I Went to See for Myself . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.
  8. Web site: God's Man: A Novel on the Life of John Calvin . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.
  9. Book: Chambers, Whittaker . Cold Friday . limited . Random House . 1964 . 128 . 0-394-41969-3.
  10. Web site: Cold Friday . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.
  11. Web site: The Celts . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.
  12. Web site: For Some, the Dream Came True: The Best from 50 years of Fortune Magazine . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.
  13. Web site: Beautiful but young, a contest selection, arranged from Duncan... . Library of Congress . 3 February 2013.

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