Word: maynards
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Whitaker, a former associate editor of The Crimson, has been the magazine's managing editor since 1996. He assumes the position of editor following the death of long-time editor Maynard Parker. Parker died last month from pneumonia complications, following a battle with leukemia...
...holding down the fort during the time that Maynard was ill," he said. "I have immense respect for him but am also extremely excited for this new challenge...
Theodore N. Maynard '00 said he had a ticket to see Goldberg but was unable...
...Maynard was one of the creative editors of the '80s and '90s who reinvented and revitalized newsmagazines, once considered news-rehashing dinosaurs. Although he had the hard-news instincts of a foreign correspondent, he developed a fingertip feel for the kind of cultural, social, family and health trends that transcend last week's headlines and become next week's dinner-table conversations. His competitive instincts caused him, like the rest of us, to make an occasional mistake, but his legendary intensity made him not merely a survivor but a person who prevailed in the struggle to keep journalism smart...
...DIED. MAYNARD PARKER, 58, editor of Newsweek; of pneumonia that he contracted after treatment for leukemia; in New York City. A distinguished foreign correspondent and hard-driving journalist, he spent 31 years at Newsweek, the last seven as its top editor (see Eulogy, below...