AKA Henry Robinson Luce II

Born: 3-Apr-1898
Birthplace: Tengchow, China
Died: 28-Feb-1967
Location of death: Phoenix, AZ
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Luce Family Cemetery, Moncks Corner, SC

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founded Time Magazine

Founded Time, Fortune, Life, and Sports Illustrated.

Wife: Lila Hotz (two sons, remarried later as Ting)
Son: Peter Paul Luce
Son: Henry Luce III (philanthrophist, d. 7-Sep-2005)
Wife: Clare Boothe Luce (m. 1935)

    High School: Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (1916)
    University: BA, Yale University (1920)
    University: Oxford University

    Time
    Fortune
    Life
    Sports Illustrated
    American International Club of Rome
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Henry Luce Foundation Founder (1936)
    Pilgrims Society
    Chi Psi Fraternity Yale, 1945
    Skull and Bones Society
    Tonsillectomy
    Risk Factors: Stuttering, Smoking, LSD

Author of books:
The American Century (1941, history)
The Ideas of Henry Luce (1969, nonfiction)

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